Immunohistochemical definition of MT2 receptors and melatonin in the gastrointestinal tissues of rat

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Stebelová, Katarína ^a   Anttila, Katja ^b   Mänttäri, Satu ^b   Saarela, Seppo ^b   Zeman, Michal ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colon; Duodenum; Immunohistochemistry; Melatonin; Rat; Receptors; Stomach

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73749085277     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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