Pineal melatonin acts as a circadian zeitgeber and growth factor in chick astrocytes

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-294

  Paulose, Jiffin K ^b   Peters, Jennifer L ^c   Karaganis, Stephen P ^b   Cassone, Vincent M ^a,b,d  

^a 101 TH Morgan Building ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Avian; Circadian; Development; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON 14; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN; PER3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHICK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MELATONIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 62449322961     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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