GABA modulates day-night variation in melatonin levels in the cerebral ganglia of the damselfly Ischnura graellsii and the grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Vieira, Raúl ^a   Míguez, Jesús M ^a,b   Aldegunde, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral ganglia; Daily rhythm; GABA; Insects; Melatonin; NAT

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GRASSHOPPER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INSECT; ISCHNURA GRAELLSII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13444311964     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.036     Document Type: Article

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