Prolonged treatment with glucocorticoid dexamethasone suppresses melatonin production by the chick pineal gland and retina

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-66

  Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a   Sadowska, Magdalena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chick; Dexamethasone; Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Retina; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG VEHICLE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA;

EID: 0036208487     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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