Clock genes, melanopsins, melatonin, and dopamine key enzymes and their modulation by light and glutamate in chicken embryonic retinal cells

Chronobiology International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-100

  De Lima, Leonardo Henrique Ribeiro Graciani ^a   Dos Santos, Kátia Pereira ^a   De Lauro Castrucci, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chicken; Clock genes; Glutamate; Light; Melanopsins; N acetyltransferase; Retina; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; SCOTOPSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RETINA; ROD OPSINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78651446219     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.540685     Document Type: Article

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