D-Aspartate modulates melatonin synthesis in rat pinealocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 143-146

  Ishio, Shougo ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Mitsuko ^a   Yatsushiro, Shouki ^a   Noumi, Takato ^b   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a   Moriyama, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA K K   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; D Aspartate; L Glutamate; Melatonin; Pinealocyte; Regulation; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BUCLADESINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MELATONIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032546907     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00414-5     Document Type: Article

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