Differential distribution of Mel1a and Mel1c melatonin receptors in Xenopus laevis retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Wiechmann, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Immunocytochemistry; Melatonin; Photoreceptor; Receptor; Retina; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR ME1 1A; MELATONIN RECEPTOR ME1 1C; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037287720     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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