Pituitary Cells Excitable.

Since 1975, endocrine pituitary cells have been known to be excitable neuronlike cells. Using powerful single-cell approaches, in particular the patch clamp electrophysiological recording technique and the mon- itoring of Ca 2+ with fluorescent probes, solid evidence has been pro- vided in the last 10 years that intracellular

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