Transcription factor dynamics and neuroendocrine signalling in the mouse pineal gland: A comparative analysis of melatonin-deficient C57BL mice and melatonin-proficient C3H mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 964-972

  Von Gall, Charlotte ^a   Lewy, Alfred ^b   Schomerus, Christof ^a   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^c   Pevét, Paul ^c   Korf, Horst Werner ^a   Stehle, Jörg H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CAMP signalling pathway; CREB; ICER; Intracellular calcium; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PINEAL GLAND; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034108069     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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