Melatonin after four decades : an assessment of its potential /
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic/Plenum,
[1999]
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| Series: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
v. 460. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- 1. Melatonin-Without the Hype
- 2. Serotonin N -Acetyltransferase: A Personal Historical Perspective
- 3. Evolution of Melatonin-Producing Pinealocytes
- 4. Melatonin Biosynthesis in Chicken Retina: Regulation of Tryptophan Hydroxylase and Arylalkylamine N -Acetyltransferase
- 5. Ultraviolet Light Suppresses Melatonin Biosynthesis in Chick Pineal Gland
- 6. Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Histamine on Melatonin and cAMP Production in Chick Embryo Pineal Cells
- 7. Ceramide Inhibits L-Type Calcium Channel Currents in Rat Pinealocytes
- 8. Expression of Melatonin Receptors and 2-[125I]Iodomelatonin Binding Sites in the Pituitary of a Teleost Fish
- 9. Melatonin Release from the Pineals of Two Sparids: Sparus aurata and Acanthopagrus bifasciatus
- 10. Photoendocrine Signal Transduction in Pineal Photoreceptors of the Trout: Role of cGMP and Nitric Oxide
- 11. Intrinsic Glutaminergic System Negatively Regulates Melatonin Synthesis in Mammalian Pineal Gland
- 12. Synaptic Vesicle Protein SV2B, but Not SV2A, is Predominantly Expressed and Associated with Microvesicles in Rat Pinealocytes
- 13. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY Receptors in the Rat Pineal Gland
- 14. Signal Transduction in the Rodent Pineal Organ: From the Membrane to the Nucleus
- 15. Regulation of Melatonin Synthesis in the Ovine Pineal Gland: An in Vivo and in Vitro Study
- 16. Melatonin Modulation of Prolactin and Gonadotrophin Secretion: Systems Ancient and Modern
- 17. The Siberian Hamster as a Model for Study of the Mammalian Photoperiodic Mechanism
- 18. How Does the Melatonin Receptor Decode a Photoperiodic Signal in the Pars Tuberalis?
- 19. Daily and Circadian Expression Patterns of mt1 Melatonin Receptor mRNA in the Rat Pars Tuberalis
- 20. Molecular Pharmacology and Function of Melatonin Receptor Subtypes
- 21. Mechanisms of MelatoninAction in the Pituitary and SCN
- 22. The Roles of Melatonin in Development
- 23. Investigation of the Human Mel la Melatonin Receptor Using Anti-Receptor Antibodies
- 24. A Pharmacological Interaction between Melatonin and the a2-Adrenoceptor in Cuckoo Wrasse Melanophores
- 25. SCN Cells Expressing mt1 Receptor mRNA Coexpress AVP mRNA in Syrian and Siberian Hamsters
- 26. Suprachiasmatic Nuclei, Intergeniculate Leaflet, and Photoperiod
- 27. Comparison of the Pineal and SCN Rhythmicity: Effect of Photic and Non-Photic Stimuli, Photoperiod, and Age
- 28. Melatonin Normalizes the Re-Entrainment of Senescence Accelerated Mice (SAM) to a New Light-Dark Cycle
- 29. Developmental Expression of Both Melatonin Receptor mt1 mRNA and Melatonin Binding Sites in Syrian Hamster Suprachiasmatic Nuclei
- 30. Entrainment of Rat Circadian Rhythms by Daily Administration of Melatonin: Influence of the Mode of Administration
- 31. Melatonin as a Chronobiotic for Circadian Insomnia: Clinical Observations and Animal Models
- 32. Melatonin and Cardiovascular Function
- 33. The Effect of Melatonin on Vasopressin Release under Stress Conditions in Pinealectomized Male Rats
- 34. Motility and Passive Avoidance Modulation by Septal Vasopressin is Dependent on the Pineal Gland
- 35. Effects of Melatonin and Its Relation to the Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal-Gonadal Axis
- 36. Melatonin Influence upon Ovary during Ageing: AMorphometric Study
- 37. Melatonin Effect during Aging on Reproductive Hormones of Female Rats through the Estrous Cycle
- 38. New Insights into Melatonin Regulation of Cancer Growth
- 39. Melatonin Synergizes with Retinoic Acid in the Prevention and Regress.