Are nuclear receptors involved in pituitary responsiveness to melatonin?

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-59

  Hazlerigg, D G ^a,c   Barrett, P ^a   Hastings, M H ^b   Morgan, P J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Nuclear receptor; Photoperiod; Pituitary; Prolactin; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE;

EID: 0030583604     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03900-7     Document Type: Article

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