The suppression of nocturnal pineal melatonin in the syrian hamster: Dose-response curves at 500 and 360 nm

Endocrinology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 266-270

  Podolin, Patricia L ^a,b   Rollag, Mark D ^a,b   Brainard, George C ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSION;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAMSTERS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; PINEAL GLAND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0023247235     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-121-1-266     Document Type: Article

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