Role of Melatonin and its Receptors in the Vertebrate Retina

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-242

  Wiechmann, Allan F ^a,b   Sherry, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian regulation; Dark adaptation response; Melatonin; Photoreceptors; Relatonin receptor; Retinal circuits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; DENDRITE; DIMERIZATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OUTER PLEXIFORM LAYER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871699503     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405210-9.00006-0     Document Type: Chapter

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