Journal article
MELATONIN IN THE RETINA OF RATS: A DIURNAL RHYTHM
Abstract
Melatonin was extracted by chloroform from the retina of the rat and measured by radioimmunoassay. In rats housed under a régime of 12 h light: 12 h darkness, melatonin content in the retina, like that in the pineal, serum and brain tissue, was high from midway through the dark to early in the period of light, and low from half-way through the light period to early in the period of darkness. A similar result was found in a second experiment. …
Authors
PANG SF; YU HS; SUEN HC; BROWN GM
Journal
Journal of Endocrinology, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 89–93
Publisher
Bioscientifica
Publication Date
10 1980
DOI
10.1677/joe.0.0870089
ISSN
0022-0795