Melatonin. A mammalian pineal hormone

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 327-346

  Cardinali, Daniel P ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYCLIC AMP; HORMONE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RAT; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMAL; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC AMP; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELATONIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0019574819     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-2-3-327     Document Type: Article

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