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During the ASI, as a result of numerous discussions, it was felt that the representatives of the four laboratories that are studying, for similar and for specific reasons, melatonin formation in teleost pineal organs, should be asked to prepare an overview of the mechanisms that seem to govern and control melatonin synthesis. One examines melatonin formation as it is associated with electrical properties of teleost pineal photoreceptor cells, another is interested in the biochemistry of phototransduction and the third examines melatonin formation as it relates to evolutionary trends and other endocrine effects.
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Gern, W.A., Falcón, J., Meissl, H., Ali, M.A. (1992). Melatonin Synthesis by the Teleost Pineal: An Overview. In: Ali, M.A. (eds) Rhythms in Fishes. NATO ASI Series, vol 236. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3042-8_15
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