Suprachiasmatic control of melatonin synthesis in rats: Inhibitory and stimulatory mechanisms

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-228

  Perreau Lenz, Stéphanie ^a,b   Kalsbeek, Andries ^a   Garidou, Marie Laure ^b   Wortel, Joke ^a   Van Der Vliet, Jan ^a   Van Heijningen, Caroline ^a   Simonneaux, Valérie ^b   Pévet, Paul ^b   Buijs, Ruud M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Circadian rhythm; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, pineal gland, superior cervical ganglion

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; GANGLIONECTOMY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; GANGLIONECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MICRODIALYSIS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037270505     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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