"Receptor, Melatonin, MT2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A melatonin receptor subtype primarily found expressed in the BRAIN and RETINA.
| Descriptor ID |
D044123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.695.440.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptor, Melatonin, MT2- Receptor, Melatonin, MT2
- Melatonin 1b Receptor
- Receptor, Melatonin 1b
- MT2 Receptor
- Receptor, MT2
- Mel 1b Receptor
- Melatonin MT2 Receptor
- MT2 Receptor, Melatonin
- Receptor, Melatonin MT2
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Receptor, Melatonin, MT2" by people in Profiles.
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Melatonin receptors are anatomically organized to modulate transmission specifically to cone pathways in the retina of Xenopus laevis. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Apr 15; 520(6):1115-27.
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A low frequency variant within the GWAS locus of MTNR1B affects fasting glucose concentrations: genetic risk is modulated by obesity. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2012 Nov; 22(11):944-51.