Melatonin after Four Decades

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Melatonin—Without The Hype

   • Aaron B. Lerner

   Pages 1-3

3. Serotonin N-Acetyltransferase

   • D. C. Klein

   Pages 5-16

4. Evolution of Melatonin-Producing Pinealocytes

   • Horst-W. Korf

   Pages 17-29

5. Melatonin Biosynthesis in Chicken Retina

   • P. M. Iuvone, N. W. Chong, M. Bernard, A. D. Brown, K. B. Thomas, D. C. Klein

   Pages 31-41

6. Ultraviolet Light Suppresses Melatonin Biosynthesis in Chick Pineal Gland

   • Jolanta B. Zawilska, Jolanta Rosiak, Jerzy Z. Nowak

   Pages 43-46

7. Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Histamine on Melatonin And Camp Production in Chick Embryo Pineal Cells

   • Martina Macková, Dalma Lamošová

   Pages 47-49

8. Ceramide Inhibits L-Type Calcium Channel Currents in Rat Pinealocytes

   • C. L. Chik, B. Li, T. Negishi, E. Karpinski, A. K. Ho

   Pages 51-59

9. Expression Of Melatonin Receptors And 2-[125I]Iodomelatonin Binding Sites In The Pituitary of A Teleost Fish

   • Pascaline Gaildrat, Jack Falcón

   Pages 61-72

10. Melatonin Release From The Pineals of Two Sparids

    • Benny Ron1, Darren K. Okimoto

    Pages 73-77

11. Photoendocrine Signal Transduction in Pineal Photoreceptors of The Trout

    • B. Zipfel, H. A. Schmid, H. Meissl

    Pages 79-82

12. Intrinsic Glutaminergic System Negatively Regulates Melatonin Synthesis in Mammalian Pineal Gland

    • Yoshinori Moriyama, Hiroshi Yamada, Mitsuko Hayashi, Shouki Yatsushiro

    Pages 83-90

13. Synaptic Vesicle Protein Sv2B, But Not Sv2A, Is Predominantly Expressed and Associated With Microvesicles in Rat Pinealocytes

    • Mitsuko Hayashi, Shouki Yatsushiro, Hiroshi Yamada, Akitsugu Yamamoto, Masamitsu Futai, Akihito Yamaguchi et al.

    Pages 91-93

14. Neuropeptide Y (Npy) and Npy Receptors in The Rat Pineal Gland

    • Jens D. Mikkelsen, Frank Hauser, James Olcese

    Pages 95-107

15. Signal Transduction in The Rodent Pineal Organ

    • Erik Maronde, Martina Pfeffer, Charlotte von Gall, Faramarz Dehghani, Christof Schomerus, Helmut Wicht et al.

    Pages 109-131

16. Regulation of Melatonin Synthesis in the Ovine Pineal Gland

    • Karen Privat, Michelle Fevre-Montange, Christine Brisson, Didier Chesneau, Jean-Paul Ravault

    Pages 133-135

17. Melatonin Modulation of Prolactin and Gonadotrophin Secretion

    • Gerald Lincoln

    Pages 137-153

18. The Siberian Hamster as a Model for Study of the Mammalian Photoperiodic Mechanism

    • Bruce D. Goldman

    Pages 155-164

19. How Does the Melatonin Receptor Decode a Photoperiodic Signal in the Pars Tuberalis?

    • Peter J. Morgan, Sophie Messager, Catriona Webster, Perry Barrett, Alexander Ross

    Pages 165-174

20. Daily and Circadian Expression Patterns of mt1 Melatonin Receptor mRNA in the Rat Pars Tuberalis

    • H. Y. Guerrero, F. Gauer, P. Pevet, M. Masson-Pevet

    Pages 175-179

In the forty years since melatonin's isolation and characterization, a large and multifaceted database has accrued. This book documents the diverse research contributions of most of the major laboratories in the field of melatonin research, as presented in a special conference to mark the 40 year anniversary of the isolation and chemical identification of this hormone. In addition, many chapters by younger scientists provide an exciting glimpse of where melatonin research is heading in the future.

• cells
• evolution
• pharmacology
• prolactin
• receptor
• retina
• diabetes

• Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  James Olcese

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