Effect of estrogen on melatonin synthesis in female peripubertal rats

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Okatani, Yuji ^a   Hayashi, Kazutoshi ^a   Watanabe, Kazushi ^a   Morioka, Nobuyuki ^a   Sagara, Yusuke ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PINEAL BODY; PREPUBERTY; PUBERTY; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MELATONIN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0031961177     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00368.x     Document Type: Article

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