A survey of molecular details in the human pineal gland in the light of phylogeny, structure, function and chronobiological diseases

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-43

  Stehle, Jörg H ^a   Saade, Anastasia ^a   Rawashdeh, Oliver ^a   Ackermann, Katrin ^a   Jilg, Antje ^a   Sebestény, Tamás ^a,b,c   Maronde, Erik ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetylserotonin O methyltransferase; arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; autoptic brain tissue; chronobiology; clock genes; melatonin; neuroendocrine transducer

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTISM; AUTOPSY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLORHINI; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LIPOPHILICITY; MAMMAL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PINEALECTOMY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PHASE SYNDROME; SLEEP QUALITY; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 79960360982     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00856.x     Document Type: Review

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