Molecular dissection of two distinct actions of melatonin on the suprachiasmatic circadian clock

Neuron

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-102

  Liu, Chen ^a   Weaver, David R ^a   Jin, Xiaowei ^a   Shearman, Lauren P ^a   Pieschl, Rick L ^b   Gribkoff, Valentin K ^b   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030761518     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80350-5     Document Type: Article

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