.... They mediate their effects via activation of distinct cell surface receptors, termed adenosine (or P1) and P2 purinergic receptors. Although roles for adenosine and adenine nucleotides have been described previously in the pituitary gland, the distribution of the receptor subtypes and the effects...

...J. M. C. Connell; S. G. Ball; G. C. Inglis; G. H. Beastall; D. L. Davies 1. The effect of low-dose dopamine infusion on anterior pituitary hormone secretion in a group of seven healthy female subjects is reported. Subjects were infused with NaCl solution (154 mmol/l) (control) or dopamine (0.01...

...J. S. Hutchinson; R. Di Nicolantonio; A. Lim; J. Clements; J. W. Funder 1. Immunoreactive β-endorphin (IR-βEP) was two- to three-fold higher in pituitary neuro-intermediate lobes (N-IL) of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) than of normotensive Wistar—Kyoto (NT-WKY) controls. 2. Plasma levels...