Vitamin A deficiency reduces the responsiveness of pineal gland to light in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Fu, Zhengwei ^a   Kato, Hisanori ^a   Sugahara, Kunio ^a   Kubo, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Japanese quail; Light; Melatonin; Photoreceptor; Photoresponse; Pineal gland; Retinoic acid; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PIGMENT; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; QUAIL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032007223     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00471-6     Document Type: Article

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