Dopamine inhibits melatonin release in the mammalian retina: in vitro evidence
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Acknowledgements
We thank M. Rollag for the melatonin antibody, Peter R. Mac Leish and Darrel Jackson for comments and suggestions on a previous version of the manuscript. Supported by NIH-NINDS U54NS34194–05 and S11NS38483-01 to G. Tosini.
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