Characterization and maturational differences of melatonin binding sites in the masu salmon brain

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-344

  Amano, Masafumi ^a   Iigo, Masayuki ^b,c   Ikuta, Kazumasa ^d   Kitamura, Shoji ^d   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Masu salmon; Melatonin receptor; Teleost

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN I 125; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMATURITY; MALE; MATURATION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIORECEPTOR ASSAY; SALMON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0344519622     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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