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Dark induced increase in pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity: A refractory period

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Nachweis, dass Ratten, aus normaler Lichtperiode abrupt in Dunkelheit versetzt, keine Zunahme der NATase-Aktivität im Pinealorgan zeigen und dass Isoproterenol-Injektion die Zunahme der NATase auslöst.

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  1. Sue A. Binkley

    Present address: Dept. Biology, Temple University, 19122, Philadelphia, Pa., USA

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  1. Section on Physiological Controls, Laboratory of Biomedical Science, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Sue A. Binkley, D. C. Klein & Joan L. Weller

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Support was provided to S. B. by NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship No. 1 FO2 HD 52858-01.

We thankW. Langebartel andM. Veltrum.

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Binkley, S.A., Klein, D.C. & Weller, J.L. Dark induced increase in pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity: A refractory period. Experientia 29, 1339–1340 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922804

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