In vitro photic entrainment of the circadian rhythm in melatonin release from the pineal organ of a teleost, ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) in flow-through culture

Brain Research

Volumn 982, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Iigo, Masayuki ^a,b   Mizusawa, Kanta ^c,d   Yokosuka, Makoto ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^a,e   Ohtani Kaneko, Ritsuko ^a   Tabata, Mitsuo ^d   Aida, Katsumi ^c   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); Circadian clock; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Phase response curve; Photic entrainment; Pineal organ

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST;

EID: 0142012168     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03001-4     Document Type: Article

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