L-Aspartate-evoked inhibition of melatonin production in rat pineal glands

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a   Moriyama, Yoshinori ^a  

^a Osaka University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exocytosis; L Aspartate; L Glutamate; Melatonin; Microvesicles; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; OXALOACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXOCYTOSIS; HORMONE RELEASE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXALOACETATES; OXALOACETIC ACIDS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0030849897     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00365-0     Document Type: Article

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