Effect of melatonin administration on qPer2, qPer3, and qClock gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of Japanese quail

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1541-1546

  Yasuo, Shinobu ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^a   Bartell, Paul A ^b   Iigo, Masayuki ^c   Makino, Eri ^a   Okabayashi, Naritoshi ^a   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clock gene; Japanese quail; Melatonin; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN QPER2; PROTEIN QPER3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMPLANTATION; JAPAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0036428711     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02222.x     Document Type: Article

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