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Chronic treatment with dexamethasone alters clock gene expression and melatonin synthesis in rat pineal gland at night

BACKGROUND: Melatonin is a neuroendocrine hormone that regulates many functions involving energy metabolism and behavior in mammals throughout the light/dark cycle. It is considered an output signal of the central circadian clock, located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Melatonin...

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Autores principales: Meneses-Santos, Daniela, Buonfiglio, Daniella do Carmo, Peliciari-Garcia, Rodrigo Antonio, Ramos-Lobo, Angela Maria, Souza, Divanízia do Nascimento, Carpinelli, Angelo Rafael, Carvalho, Carla Roberta de Oliveira, Sertie, Rogério Antônio Laurato, Andreotti, Sandra, Lima, Fabio Bessa, Afeche, Solange Castro, Fioretto, Emerson Ticona, Cipolla-Neto, José, Marçal, Anderson Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046256
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S158602