Melatonin inhibits the central sympatho-adrenomedullary outflow in rats

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Wang, Muchun ^a   Yokotani, Kunihiko ^a   Nakamura, Kumiko ^a   Murakami, Yoshinori ^a   Okada, Shoshiro ^a   Osumi, Yoshitsugu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 ; Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Plasma catecholamine; Sympatho adrenomedullary outflow

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PINEALECTOMY; RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032885213     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.81.29     Document Type: Article

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