High membrane permeability for melatonin

The pineal gland, an endocrine organ in the brain, synthesizes and secretes the circulating night hormone melatonin throughout the night. The literature states that this hormone is secreted by simple diffusion across the pinealocyte plasma membrane, but a direct quantitative measurement of membrane...

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Published in:	The Journal of general physiology Vol. 147; no. 1; p. 63
Main Authors:	Yu, Haijie, Dickson, Eamonn J, Jung, Seung-Ryoung, Koh, Duk-Su, Hille, Bertil
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2016
Subjects:	Cell Line Cell Membrane Permeability - physiology Fluorescence Fura-2 - metabolism Humans Melatonin - metabolism Pineal Gland - metabolism Serotonin - analogs & derivatives Serotonin - metabolism
ISSN:	1540-7748, 1540-7748
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