Pineal arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase gene expression is highly stimulated at night in the diurnal rodent, Arvicanthis ansorgei

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1632-1640

  Garidou, Marie Laure ^a   Gauer, François ^a   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^a   Sicard, Bruno ^b,c   Pévet, Paul ^a   Simonneaux, Valérie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

AA NAT; Circadian rhythm; Grass rat; Melatonin; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; RODENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GENE EXPRESSION; INJECTIONS; ISOPROTERENOL; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036460389     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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