Light-Induced Changes in Pineal Gland N-Acetyltransferase Activity: Developmental Aspects

1 January 1990

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Neuroendocrinology

Vol. 51 (2) , 139-146
https://doi.org/10.1159/000125329

Abstract

In adult rats, light acting via a retino-pineal gland neural pathway influences pineal gland biochemistry in two ways: (1) it entrains endogenous circadian rhythms in melatonin biosynthesis to the env

Keywords

PINEAL GLAND
N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY
RETINO-PINEAL PATHWAY
NEONATAL PINEAL REGULATION
DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES
LIGHT-INDUCED CHANGES
NOCTURNAL LIGHT EXPOSURE

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