Gonadotropin-releasing hormone increases melatonin release in the pineal gland of the female rat in vitro

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Itoh, M T ^a   Hosaka, T ^a   Mimuro, T ^a   Hamada, N ^a   Ishizuka, B ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N Acetyltransferase; Female Rats; Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone; Hydroxyindole O Methyltransferase; Melatonin; Organ Culture; Pineal Gland

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GONADORELIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MELATONIN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038292986     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39076     Document Type: Article

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