Does a melatonin-dependent circadian oscillator in the pars tuberalis drive prolactin seasonal rhythmicity?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 657-666

  Dardente, Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Clock genes; Cryptochromes; Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34447546531     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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