Circadian rhythms in the eye: The physiological significance of melatonin receptors in ocular tissues

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-160

  Wiechmann, Allan F ^a   Summers, Jody A ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYCARBONYLAMINO N ACETYLTRYPTAMINE; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; IODOMELATONIN I 125; LIPOFUSCIN; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SERTRALINE; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CATARACT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVENING DOSAGE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LENS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MELANOCYTE; MYOPIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SCLERA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UVEA; WOUND HEALING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40249092809     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2007.10.001     Document Type: Review

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