Melatonin plays a crucial role in the regulation of rhythmic clock gene expression in the mouse pars tuberalis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 508-511

  Von Gall, Charlotte ^a,b   Weaver, David R ^b   Moek, Juliane ^a   Jilg, Antje ^a   Stehle, Jörg H ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock genes; Melatonin; Mice; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Prolactin; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DARKNESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MCRY GENE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; MPER GENE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 22144471520     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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