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9500662

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Pineal organ of the lamprey, Lampetra japonica, is essential to keep the circadian locomotor activity rhythm as previously reported. In this paper, we tried to show that an endogenous oscillator is located and is working in the pineal organ. When the pineal organs were excised and cultured in a plastic tube with M199 medium at 20 degrees C, melatonin secretion rhythms were clearly observed under both light-dark and continuous dark conditions. The circadian secretion of melatonin continued for more than five cycles under the continuous dark condition. This indicates that the pineal organ has an endogenous oscillator and that the melatonin secretion rhythm is controlled by this oscillator. These findings suggest the possibility that the locomotor activity rhythm of the lamprey is under the control of the oscillator in the pineal organ.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1016-0922
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Melatonin excretion rhythms in the cultured pineal organ of the lamprey, Lampetra japonica.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't