Journal article
Melatonin receptors in the chicken kidney are up-regulated by pinealectomy and linked to adenylate cyclase
Abstract
The effect of pinealectomy on the characteristics of melatonin receptors in the chicken kidney was studied. One-day-old chicks were operated and kept under a 12 h/12 h light/dark photoperiod. Six weeks after operation, the animals were sacrificed at mid-light and mid-dark. Serum melatonin was determined by radioimmunoassay and kidney melatonin receptors were studied by radioreceptor assay using the melatonin agonist 2-[125I]iodomelatonin as the …
Authors
Song Y; Pang CS; Ayre EA; Brown GM; Pang SF
Journal
European Journal of Endocrinology, Vol. 135, No. 1, pp. 128–133
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
July 1996
DOI
10.1530/eje.0.1350128
ISSN
0804-4643