Effect of intravenous administration of melatonin on the efferent activity of the adrenal nerve

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 134-138

  Niijima, Akira ^a   Chun, Soo Jin ^c   Shima, Takaki ^c   Bizot Espiard, Jean Guy ^b   Guardiola Lemaitre, Béatrice ^b   Nagai, Katsuya ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IRIS Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier   (France)

^c BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal nerve; Efferent activity; Glucose metabolism; Hepatic vagotomy; Melatonin; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DENERVATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MELATONIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0032527517     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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