First evidence of melatonin receptors distribution in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of tree shrew brain.
OBJECTIVE: In this study we investigated the distribution of melatonergic receptors in the tree shrew brain. The psychosocial stress in the tree shrew is a validated model of depression with disturbance of circadian rhythms.
METHODS: Given the role of melatonin in the modulation of circadian rhythms, we determine.....