Glutamatergic clock output stimulates melatonin synthesis at night

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 318-324

  Perreau Lenz, Stéphanie ^a,b   Kalsbeek, Andries ^a   Pévet, Paul ^b   Buijs, Ruud M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Glutamate; Melatonin; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MELATONIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DARKNESS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0842265631     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2003.03132.x     Document Type: Article

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