Local corticosterone infusion enhances nocturnal pineal melatonin production in vivo

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-97

  Fernandes, P A C M ^a   Bothorel, B ^b   Clesse, D ^b   Monteiro, A W A ^a   Calgari, C ^b   Raison, S ^b   Simonneaux, V ^b   Markus, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immune pineal axis; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 58349102323     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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