Changes in melatonin receptors in relation to the development of scoliosis in pinealectomized chickens

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2043-2047

  Poon, Angela M S ^a,c   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a   Lu, D S ^a   Leong, John C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Binding properties; Chicken; Melatonin receptor; Pinealectomy; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33747365846     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000231796.49827.39     Document Type: Article

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