Pinealectomy reduces melatonin levels in the serum but not in the gastrointestinal tract of rats

NeuroSignals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-44

  Bubenik, George A ^a   Brown, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal system; Melatonin; Pinealectomy

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; STOMACH; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030951634     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109107     Document Type: Article

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