Effects of Near-Ultraviolet (UV-A) Light on Melatonin Biosynthesis in Vertebrate Pineal Gland

NeuroSignals

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 64-69

  Zawilska, J B ^a   Rosiak, J ^a   Nowak, J Z ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chick; Melatonin; Near ultraviolet light; Pineal gland; Rat; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85047698987     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014570     Document Type: Article

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