Effects of irradiation on the sensitivity of melatonin release to norepinephrine in cultured pineal bodies of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Saito, Kimihiko ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a   Morofushi, Masayo ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Hata, Masaharu ^a   Matsubara, Sho ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro; Irradiation; Melatonin; Norepinephrine; Pineal gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034697334     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00984-8     Document Type: Article

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