Pineal and circulating melatonin rhythms in the box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis: Effect of photoperiod, light pulse, and environmental temperature

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 163-173

  Vivien Roels, B ^a,b   Pevet P ^a,b   Claustrat, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS JE 033669 ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 0023864965     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(88)90002-0     Document Type: Article

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