Melatonin decreases calcium levels in retinotectal axons of Xenopus laevis by indirect activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors

Brain Research

Volumn 1053, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Prada, Claudia ^a   Udin, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian tectum; Calcium imaging; Fluorescence; GABAC receptor; Melatonin; Metabotropic glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; 4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALIN; ALPHA 2 METHYL 5 SULFONOPHENYLGLYCINE; ALPHA ETHYLGLUTAMIC ACID; ALPHA METHYLSERINE O PHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELATONIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HORMONAL REGULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AXONS; CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MELATONIN; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; XANTHENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 23644454066     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.029     Document Type: Article

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