Implication of the visual system in the regulation of activity cycles in the absence of solar light: 2-[125I]iodomelatonin binding sites and melatonin receptor gene expression in the brains of demersal deep-sea gadiform fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2295-2302

  Priede, Imants G ^a   Williams, Lynda M ^b   Wagner, Hans Joachim ^c   Thom, Amanda ^b   Brierley, Ian ^b   Collins, Martin A ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^d   Merrett, Nigel R ^e   Yau, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Deep sea; Eye; Fish; Gadiform; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; ARMATUS; CORYPHAENOIDES ARMATUS; CORYPHAENOIDES GUENTHERI; CORYPHAENOIDES RUPESTRIS; GADIFORMES; NEZUMIA AEQUALIS; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; TRACHYRINCUS MURRAYI;

EID: 0033596102     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0922     Document Type: Article

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