The electrophysiological effects of melatonin and a putative melatonin antagonist (N-acetyltryptamine) on rat suprachiasmatic neurones in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 1988, Pages 296-301

  Mason, Robert ^a   Brooks, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; N Acetyltryptamine; Pineal gland; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; N ACETYLTRYPTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IN VITRO; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 0023724123     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(88)90674-X     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Changes in gamma-aminobutyric acid high affinity binding to cerebral cortex membranes after pinealectomy or melatonin administration to rats
2. Effects of melatonin on neurotransmitter uptake and release by synaptosome-rich homogenates of the rat hypothalamus
3. Entrainment of rat circadian rhythms by daily injection of melatonin depends upon the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei
4. Melatonin inhibits metabolic activity in the rat suprachiasmatic nuclei
5. 3H]muscamol binding in the rat brain
6. Characterisation of a retinal melatonin receptor
7. 125I]iodomelatonin binding sites in hamster brain
8. Melatonin: Identification of sites of antigonadal action in the mouse brain
9. Structure-activity relationships of melatonin and related indoleamines
10. 125I]-melatonin
11. Circadian variation in sensitivity of suprachiasmatic and lateral geniculate neurones to 5-hydroxytryptamine in the rat
12. The effects of melatonin on rat suprachiasmatic and paraventricular hypothalamic neurones in vitro: an electrophysiological study
13. Electrophysiological responses of hamster suprachiasmatic neurones to neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamic slice preparation
14. 3H]Melatonin binding in membrane and cytosol fractions from rat and calf brain
15. Suprachiasmatic lesions prevent an antigonadal effect of melatonin
16. Short daylengths alter electrophysiological responses of hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) to melatonin
17. Neural regulation of circadian rhythms
18. Melatonin: a coordinating signal for mammalian reproduction
19. Vertebrate circadian and photoperiodic systems: role of the pineal gland and melatonin
20. Diurnal changes in melatonin binding sites of hamster and rat brains
21. Hypothalamic melatonin receptor sites revealed by autoradiography
22. Melatonin lowers excitability of guinea pig hippocampal neurons in vitro
23. Circadian variation in melatonin binding sites in discrete areas of the male rat brain