The density of melatonin receptors is dependent upon the prevailing photoperiod in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). 1994

G C Panzica, and F Fraschini, and N Aste, and V Lucini, and C Viglietti-Panzica, and B Cozzi, and B Stankov
Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Turin, Italy.

Two groups of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) were exposed to two different photoperiods (short and long days: LD 8:16 and LD 16:8, respectively), and their brains examined for the presence and distribution of melatonin receptors by means of quantitative in vitro autoradiography. Animals belonging to the LD 8:16 group expressed a significantly higher melatonin receptor density in the optic tectum and nucleus triangularis, while the LD 16:8 animals had a higher density of receptors in the hyperstriatum and nucleus preopticus dorsalis. These data demonstrate an apparent influence of the photoperiod on the density of melatonin receptors, especially in nuclei of the tectofugal pathway, related to the control of visual pattern and intensity discrimination, localization and orientation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008297 Male Males
D010507 Periodicity The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian). Cyclicity,Rhythmicity,Biological Rhythms,Bioperiodicity,Biorhythms,Biological Rhythm,Bioperiodicities,Biorhythm,Cyclicities,Periodicities,Rhythm, Biological,Rhythmicities,Rhythms, Biological
D011956 Receptors, Cell Surface Cell surface proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell (From Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pp693-5). Cell surface receptors, unlike enzymes, do not chemically alter their ligands. Cell Surface Receptor,Cell Surface Receptors,Hormone Receptors, Cell Surface,Receptors, Endogenous Substances,Cell Surface Hormone Receptors,Endogenous Substances Receptors,Receptor, Cell Surface,Surface Receptor, Cell
D001923 Brain Chemistry Changes in the amounts of various chemicals (neurotransmitters, receptors, enzymes, and other metabolites) specific to the area of the central nervous system contained within the head. These are monitored over time, during sensory stimulation, or under different disease states. Chemistry, Brain,Brain Chemistries,Chemistries, Brain
D003370 Coturnix A genus of BIRDS in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES, containing the common European and other Old World QUAIL. Japanese Quail,Coturnix japonica,Japanese Quails,Quail, Japanese,Quails, Japanese
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001345 Autoradiography The making of a radiograph of an object or tissue by recording on a photographic plate the radiation emitted by radioactive material within the object. (Dorland, 27th ed) Radioautography
D044094 Receptors, Melatonin 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. Melatonin Receptors,MT3 Receptor,Mel(1c) Receptor,Melatonin MT3 Receptor,Receptor, Mel1c,Receptor, Melatonin,Receptor, Melatonin, 1C,Receptor, Melatonin, MT3,MT3 Receptor, Melatonin,Mel1c Receptor,Melatonin Receptor,Receptor, MT3,Receptor, Melatonin MT3

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