Near-ultraviolet light perceived by the retina generates the signal suppressing melatonin synthesis in the chick pineal gland - An involvement of NMDA glutamate receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 379, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 214-217

  Rosiak, Jolanta ^a   Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chick; Dopamine receptors; Melatonin; NMDA glutamate receptors; Pineal gland; Retina; UV A

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 17444427774     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.12.075     Document Type: Article

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