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The pineal organ, its hormone melatonin, and the photoneuroendocrine system /

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This book offers a synoptic view of comparative anatomical, ultrastructural, cell and molecular biological investigations of the pineal organ. It considers morphological, immunocytochemical and functional features of pineal photoreceptors and neuroendocrine pinealocytes as well as the afferent and e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Korf, H.-W. (Horst-Werner), 1952-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schomerus, C. (Christof), 1963-, Stehle, J. H. (Jörg H.), 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1998]
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; v. 146.
Subjects:
Pineal gland > Physiology.
Melatonin > Physiological effect.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Phylogenetic development and gross anatomy of the pineal complex
  • Pineal cell biology and innervation
  • Receptor mechanisms and second messenger systems involved in the regulation of the melatonin biosysnthesis
  • Pineal transcription factors and their possible roles for the regulation of the melatonin biosynthesis
  • Action, targets and receptors of melatonin
  • Summary
  • References.