Photic Regulation of mt1Melatonin Receptors and 2-Iodomelatonin Binding in the Rat and Siberian Hamster

NeuroSignals

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 188-196

  Masson Pévet, Mireille ^a   Gauer, François ^a   Schuster, Carole ^a   Guerrero, Hilda Y ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Melatonin receptors; Mt1; Photic regulation; Rat; Siberian hamster

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033925075     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014638     Document Type: Article

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