Specific binding of 2-[125I]iodomelatonin by rat spleen crude membranes: Day-night variations and effect of pinealectomy and continuous light exposure

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-38

  Rafii El Idrissi, Mohammed ^a   Calvo, Juan R ^a   Giordano, Mirta ^b   Guerrero, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Immune system; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Spleen

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; 2-IODOMELATONIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RAT; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030026472     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1996.tb00236.x     Document Type: Article

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