Direct regulation of mammalian reproductive organs by serotonin and melatonin

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Sirotkin, A V ^b   Schaeffer, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; COLLAGENASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INDOLEAMINE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID HORMONE; TUBULIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BINDING SITE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TESTIS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMALS; MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 0030848096     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1540001     Document Type: Review

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