Fetal/placental regulation of maternal melatonin in rats

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Tamura, Hiroshi ^a,b   Takayama, Hisako ^a   Nakamura, Yasuhiko ^c   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Sugino, Norihiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Yamaguchi Grand Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pineal gland; Placenta; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FETUS; MELATONIN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 40849124246     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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