Regulation of melatonin production and intracellular calcium concentrations in the trout pineal organ

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-323

  Meissl, Hilmar ^a   Kroeber, Susanne ^b   Yáñez, Julian ^a,c   Korf, Horst Werner ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fura 2; Melatonin; Norepinephrine; Photoreceptor; Pineal organ; Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Teleostei)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COBALT; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN; MUSCIMOL; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PINEAL GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0029953508     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050701     Document Type: Article

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