2-[125i]iodomelatonin binding sites in hamster brain membranes: Pharmacological characteristics and regional distribution

Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1825-1833

  Duncan, Marilyn J ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^b   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RADIOISOTOPE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN RECEPTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; HAMSTERS; INDOLES; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023819788     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-122-5-1825     Document Type: Article

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