Characterization of melatonin binding sites in the brain and retina of the frog Rana perezi

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Isorna, Esther ^a   Guijarro, Ana ^a   Delgado, María Jesús ^a   Alonso Bedate, Mercedes ^a   Alonso Gómez, Angel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain; Melatonin receptors; Pharmacological characterization; Rana perezi; Retina

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FROG; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RANA PEREZI; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0346690141     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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