Synchronized diurnal and circadian expressions of four subtypes of melatonin receptor genes in the diencephalon of a puffer fish with lunar-related spawning cycles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 462, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Ikegami, Taro ^a   Motohashi, Eiji ^a   Doi, Hiroyuki ^b   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^c   Ando, Hironori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Diencephalon; Melatonin receptor; Optic tectum; Puffer; Retina

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1A RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1B RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1C RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOON; NERVOUS TISSUE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUFFER FISH; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAWNING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TAKIFUGU;

EID: 67650471019     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.076     Document Type: Article

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