Microdialysis reveals dynamics of coupling between noradrenaline release and melatonin secretion in conscious rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Drijfhout, W J ^a   Van Der Linde, A G ^a   De Vries, J B ^a   Grol, C J ^a   Westerink, B H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light pulse; Melatonin; Microdialysis; Noradrenaline; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030048246     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12245-1     Document Type: Article

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