Isoproterenol-stimulated melatonin production by perifused rat pineal glands: Age- and time-related effects

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-261

  Naïri Skandrani, Lobna ^a   Djeridane, Yasmina ^a   Charbuy, Henriette ^a   Touitou, Yvan ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Isoproterenol; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6444234427     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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