Daily and photoperiodic 2-125I-melatonin binding changes in the pars tuberalis of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus): Effect of constant light exposure and pinealectomy

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-167

  Recio, Joaquín ^a,b   Gauer, François ^a   Schuster, Carole ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Masson Pévet, Mireille ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 iodomelatonin binding; Hamster; Melatonin receptor; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 0031971148     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00529.x     Document Type: Article

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