Circadian melatonin rhythms in cultured zebrafish pineals are not affected by catecholamine receptor agonists

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-275

  Cahill, Gregory M ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; QUINPIROLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0031080961     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6828     Document Type: Article

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