Melatonin and 5-hydroxytryptamine phase-advance the rat circadian clock by activation of nitric oxide synthesis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-202

  Starkey, Sarah J ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slice; c arginine; Electrophysiology; L NAME; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MELATONIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030604658     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12756-7     Document Type: Article

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