 Receptors, Melatonin
"Receptors, Melatonin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of G-protein-coupled receptors that are specific for and mediate the effects of MELATONIN. Activation of melatonin receptors has been associated with decreased intracellular CYCLIC AMP and increased hydrolysis of PHOSPHOINOSITIDES.
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D044094
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.440 D12.776.826.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Melatonin, MT3- Receptor, Melatonin, MT3
- Melatonin MT3 Receptor
- MT3 Receptor, Melatonin
- Receptor, Melatonin MT3
- MT3 Receptor
- Receptor, MT3
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Horton WJ, Gissel HJ, Saboy JE, Wright KP, Stitzel JA. Melatonin administration alters nicotine preference consumption via signaling through high-affinity melatonin receptors. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2015 Jul; 232(14):2519-30.
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