Abstract:
:Experiments were conducted to determine whether daily melatonin injections could influence reentrainment of circadian locomotor activity rhythms in male Long-Evans rats after phase shifts of the light dark (LD) cycle. When exposed to a 5-h advance of the LD cycle, six out of 15 rats injected daily with melatonin at the new dark onset reentrained by a phase delay of the activity rhythm. The remaining nine melatonin-injected rats and 14 of the 15 control injected rats phase advanced. Daily melatonin injections administered at the old dark onset did not alter direction of reentraining transients but decreased latency to reach steady-state entrainment. In contrast, the effects of melatonin injections given at the end of both the old and new dark periods are difficult to interpret due to the effects of the injection procedure itself at these times. Following an 8-h advance of the LD cycle, all melatonin-injected rats phase advanced while all vehicle and uninjected control rats phase delayed when injections were given at the old dark onset. As has been found in other research areas, the time of day of melatonin administration appears to be a critical factor in its mode of action. It is yet to be established whether these results from the use of pharmacological doses of melatonin are indicative of endogenous melatonin's involvement in the circadian reentrainment mechanism.
journal_name
J Pineal Resjournal_title
Journal of pineal researchauthors
Redman JR,Armstrong SMdoi
10.1111/j.1600-079x.1988.tb00782.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-01-01 00:00:00pages
203-15issue
2eissn
0742-3098issn
1600-079Xjournal_volume
5pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The effect of melatonin injection on Freund's adjuvant-induced changes in levels and 24-hr rhythms of circulating ACTH, growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL), luteinizing hormone (LH), and insulin was assessed in rats. Animals received subcutaneous (s.c.) injections of melatonin (30 microg) or vehicle, 1 hr before ligh...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1999.tb00592.x
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Atherosclerosis (AS) is an inflammatory disease linked to endothelial dysfunction. Melatonin is reported to possess substantial anti-inflammatory properties, which has proven to be effective in AS. Emerging literature suggests that pyroptosis plays a critical role during AS progression. However, whether pyroptosis con...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12449
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00238.x
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12671
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00765.x
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1996.tb00271.x
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1997.tb00318.x
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00468.x
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00437.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1996.tb00236.x
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00673.x
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.01869.x
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1984.tb00202.x
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Oxidative stress is reported as one of the most widely accepted mechanisms of maneb (MB)- and paraquat (PQ)-induced nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration leading to the Parkinson's disease (PD) phenotype. The study investigated the effects of silymarin, an antioxidant of plant origin, and melatonin, an indoleam...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00819.x
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The pineal gland of poikilothermic vertebrates originates as an evagination from the diencephalic roof between the habenular and the posterior commissures, and associates with a parapineal organ to form the so-called pineal complex. The pinealocytes may be photosensitive, secretory or intermediate cells between both. ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1996.tb00256.x
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1998.tb00367.x
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin (MEL) has been found in some medicinal and food plants, including grapevine, a commodity of particular interest for the production of wine, a beverage of economic relevance. It has also been suggested that MEL in wine may, at least in part, contribute to the health-promoting properties attributed to this bev...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12223
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent investigations have demonstrated that melatonin influences carbohydrate metabolism mediated by insulin-inhibiting effects on pancreatic β-cells. This study evaluated whether melatonin has also an effect on pancreatic α-cells and glucagon expression as well as the glucagon secretion in vitro and in vivo. Glucago...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00848.x
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to investigate the localization in the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) of neuropeptide Y-containing neurons innervating the pineal gland. Following injection of the fluorescent tracer Fluoro-Gold (FG) into the superficial part of the pineal gland and retrograde axonal transport, labeled cells...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00426.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of housing condition and type of stimulation on serum melatonin and N-acetylserotonin (NAS) were investigated. Male rats were housed under a 12/12-hour light-dark cycle, with ad libitum food and water, either individually or in groups of four. At the start of the light phase, separate groups were sacrifice...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1985.tb00626.x
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1988.tb00656.x
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Circadian rhythms and clock gene expressions are regulated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus, and melatonin is produced in the pineal gland. Although the brain detects the light through retinas and regulates rhythms and melatonin secretion throughout the body, the liver has independent circadian rhyth...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/jpi.12639
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The cellular proliferative activity in the adult rat pineal gland was studied using bromodeoxyuridine immunohistochemistry during the light and dark phases of an artificial 12L:12D photoperiod. The results showed statistically significant differences in the number of labeled cells between the light and dark phases, wi...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1997.tb00327.x
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1993.tb00521.x
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00723.x
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12149
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/jpi.12372
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin is produced following circadian rhythm with high levels being released at night and has been implicated in the regulation of physiological processes in major tissues, including the pancreas. The aim of our study was to examine the effects of melatonin on intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+) ](c))...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00790.x
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The influence of the pineal gland on the histopathologic changes induced in mammary glands by 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)-anthracene (DMBA) has been studied. To achieve the maximum expression of pineal action in animals, 28-day-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to one of the following treatments: blindness + olf...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00418.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Light and electron microscopic demonstrations for acid phosphatase (AcPase) activity in the chicken pineal gland were studied with special reference to the changes induced by the light-dark cycle. AcPase-positive lysosomes and Golgi cisternae and vesicles located in the pinealocyte in the light period are well develop...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00407.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00