Effect of GABA on melatonin content in golden hamster retina

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1999-2005

  Jaliffa, Carolina O ^a   Faillace, María P ^a   Lacoste, Francisco Firpo ^a   Llomovatte, Diego Weinberg ^a   Sarmiento, María I Keller ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Cyclic Gmp; GABA; Hamster retina; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; MELATONIN; MUSCIMOL; SACLOFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA CELL;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0033009370     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0721999.x     Document Type: Article

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