Retinal illumination phase shifts the circadian rhythm of serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity in the chicken pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a,b   Berezińska, Małgorzata ^a   Lorenc, Anna ^a   Skene, Debra J ^c   Nowak, Jerzy Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Circadian rhythm; Light; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Retina; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; WHITE LIGHT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHTING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842634783     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.062     Document Type: Article

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