The Pineal Gland from Development to Function

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-215

  Sapède, Dora ^a,b   Cau, Elise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Neural development; Neurodegenerative diseases; Photoreceptors; Pineal gland; Seasonal rhythms; Sensory regression; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASONAL RHYTHMS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SENSORY REGRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP;

AUTISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; MELATONIN; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONAL RHYTHMS; SENSORY REGRESSION; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINEAL GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84888793214     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416021-7.00005-5     Document Type: Chapter

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