Melatonin and the synthesis of vasopressin in pinealectomized male rats

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-210

  Juszczak, M ^a   Bojanowska, E ^a   Dabrowski, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; MELATONIN; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; COLCHICINE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034523914     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1373.2000.22526.x     Document Type: Article

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