Stimulation of melatonin receptors decreases calcium levels in Xenopus tectal cells by activating GABAC receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 968-978

  Prada, Claudia ^a   Udin, Susan B ^a   Wiechmann, Allan F ^b   Zhdanova, Irina V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDROPYRIDIN 4 YLMETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; 3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALIN; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; DIMER; FLUO 4 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; FLUORESCENT DYE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECTAL CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MELATONIN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; XANTHENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 23044491574     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01286.2004     Document Type: Article

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