Light-dark and circadian melatonin rhythms are established de novo in re-aggregates of the embryonic chicken retina

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 504-511

  Willbold, Elmar ^a   Huhn, Jutta ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^b   Voisin, Pierre ^c   Layer, Paul G ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

HIOMT; Melatonin; Photoreceptors; Retina; Rotation culture

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSCILLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CELL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SPHEROID CELL;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; RETINA; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 0036983153     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069361     Document Type: Article

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