Effects of near-ultraviolet light on the nocturnal serotonin N- acetyltransferase activity of rat pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a,b   Rosiak, Jolanta ^a   Nowak, Jerzy Z ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Near ultraviolet light; Pineal gland; Rat; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031934706     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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