Melatonin and deprivation myopia in chickens

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-107

  Hoffmann, Michael ^a   Schaeffel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; MALE; MELATONIN; MYOPIA; OXIDOPAMINE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHOLYTICS; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029655259     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00050-I     Document Type: Article

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