Functional melatonin receptors in human prostate epithelial cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1412-1417

  Gilad, Eli ^a   Laudon, Moshe ^b   Matzkin, Haim ^c   Pick, Ella ^a   Sofer, Mario ^c   Braf, Zvi ^c   Zisapel, Nava ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEURIM PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PUBERTY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0029912297     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.4.8625918     Document Type: Article

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