Photic regulation of mt1 melatonin receptors in the Siberian hamster pars tuberalis and suprachiasmatic nuclei: Involvement of the circadian clock and intergeniculate leaflet

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Schuster, Carole ^a   Gauer, F ^a   Guerrero, H ^a,b   Lakhdar Ghazal, N ^a,c   Pevet, P ^a   Masson Pevet, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Intergeniculate leaflet; Light; mt1 melatonin receptor; Pars tuberalis; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENICULATE BODY; HAMSTER; HYPOPHYSIS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GENICULATE BODIES; LIGHT; MALE; PHODOPUS; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033621853     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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