Acetylcholine triggers L-glutamate exocytosis via nicotinic receptors and inhibits melatonin synthesis in rat pinealocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 4946-4952

  Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Ogura, Akihiko ^a   Koizumi, Shinichi ^b   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a   Moriyama, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA K K   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Exocytosis; Glutamate; L type Ca2+ channel; Melatonin synthesis; Microvesicle (synaptic like microvesicle); Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR); Parasympathetic neuron; Pineal gland; Pinealocyte; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PINEALOCYTE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032125275     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-13-04946.1998     Document Type: Article

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