Day and night dysfunction in intraretinal melatonin and related indoleamines metabolism, correlated with the development of glaucoma-like disorder in an avian model

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 863-869

  Dkhissi, O ^a,b   Chanut, E ^c   Versaux Botteri, C ^a,b,d   Trouvin, J H ^c   Reperant J ^b   Nguyen Legros, J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Laboratoire de Cytologie Histologie   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythmicity; Glaucoma; Melatonin; Quail; Retina; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FOWL; GLAUCOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METABOLISM; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; AGING; AMINES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; GLAUCOMA; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLES; MELATONIN; MUTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031788651     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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