Immunohistological Localization of Mel1a Melatonin Receptor in Pigeon Retina
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MT(1) melatonin receptor in the human retina: expression and localization.
PURPOSE Melatonin's function in human vision is far from understood, in part because of the lack of information on its cellular targets. Therefore, expression and localization of the MT(1) melatonin receptor in human retina was examined. METHODS Postmortem nonpathologic human eyes from nine donors were investigated, three by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for MT(1) a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature and Science of Sleep
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1179-1608
DOI: 10.2147/nss.s290757