Photoperiodic control of the rat pineal arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase and hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase gene expression and its effect on melatonin synthesis

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-115

  Ribelayga, Christophe ^a   Garidou, Marie Laure ^a   Malan, André ^a   Gauer, François ^a   Calgari, Christiane ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Simonneaux, Valérie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Circadian rhythm; Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase; Melatonin; Photoperiodism; Pineal; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033121203     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000489     Document Type: Article

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