Effects of ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid, A23187 and calmodulin, calcium activated neutral proteinase antagonists on melatonin secretion in perifused chick pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-146

  Agapito, M Teresa ^a   Pablos, Marta ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Recio, José M ^a   Gutierrez Baraja, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Deactivation; E 64; Ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid; Melatonin; Pineal; Trifuoperacine

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALMODULIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NEUTRAL PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CHELATING AGENTS; CHICKENS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DARKNESS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; EGTAZIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; IONOPHORES; LEUCINE; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERFUSION; PINEAL GLAND; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

EID: 0032502609     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00196-7     Document Type: Article

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