Melatonin transmits photoperiodic signals through the MT1 melatonin receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2885-2889

  Yasuo, Shinobu ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^b   Ebihara, Shizufumi ^b   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; TYPE 2 DEIODINASE; TYPE 3 DEIODINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; DOWN REGULATION; EPENDYMA CELL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 63849335895     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0145-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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