Melatonin signaling regulates locomotion behavior and homeostatic states through distinct receptor pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-168

  Tanaka, Daisuke ^a   Furusawa, Kiyotaka ^a   Kameyama, Kimihiko ^a   Okamoto, Harumasa ^a   Doi, Motomichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Homeostasis; Locomotion; Melatonin; Neuromodulator

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYL 2 PROPIONAMIDOTETRALIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PRAZOSIN; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; LOCOMOTION; MELATONIN; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547206277     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.04.017     Document Type: Article

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