Role of extracellular calcium on the regulation of melatonin synthesis in the Syrian hamster pineal gland

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-293

  Santana, Celsa ^a,b   Moujir, Fatima ^a   Sanchez, Juanjose ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Abreu, Pedro ^a  

^a Department of Animal Biology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Hamster; Melatonin; NAT activity; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HAMSTER; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0034756892     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.310401.x     Document Type: Article

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