| Literature DB >> 2827856 |
J Vanĕcek1, A Pavlík, H Illnerová.
Abstract
125I-Melatonin was used to localize and characterize the melatonin receptor sites in the rat hypothalamus. Autoradiography revealed that displaceable 125I-melatonin binding occurred in suprachiasmatic nuclei and median eminence only. Further studies performed on crude membrane fractions from median eminences revealed high affinity (Kd = 21 pM) melatonin binding sites (Bmax = 8.5 fmol/mg protein). The order of potency of various indole amines to inhibit 125I-melatonin binding was melatonin much greater than N-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine greater than 5-methoxytryptamine greater than 5-hydroxytryptamine.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2827856 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)91625-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252