Biphasic effects of melatonin on the propagation of excitation waves in the chicken retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-40

  Ebert, Ernst ^a   Hanke, Wolfgang ^a   Wiedemann, Meike ^a   Fernandes De Lima, Vera M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intrinsic optical signal; Melatonin; Retina; Spreading depression

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; MIGRAINE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MELATONIN; NEURONS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINA; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

EID: 0033546221     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00376-6     Document Type: Article

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