Timed maternal melatonin treatment reverses circadian disruption of the fetal adrenal clock imposed by exposure to constant light

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mendez, Natalia ^a   Abarzua Catalan, Lorena ^a   Vilches, Nelson ^b   Galdames, Hugo A ^a   Spichiger, Carlos ^a   Richter, Hans G ^a   Valenzuela, Guillermo J ^c   Seron Ferre, Maria ^b   Torres Farfan, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN AND MUSCLE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR LIKE PROTEIN 1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR GENE; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR GENE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PERIOD 2 GENE; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN GENE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGHT; MELATONIN; MOTHERS; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865060264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042713     Document Type: Article

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