The effects of continuous light and darkness on the activity of monoamine oxidase A and B in the hypothalamus, ovaries and uterus of rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Cvijić, Gordana ^c   Janić Šibalić, Vera ^a   Demajo, M ^b   Karakasevic A ^b   Petrovic V M ^a   Ivanišević Milovanović, Olivera K ^b  

^a Inst of Biol Res S Stankovic   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dark; Hypothalamus; Light; MAO; Ovaries; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; UTERUS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 0001764020     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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