The pineal complex and melatonin affect the expression of the daily rhythm of behavioral thermoregulation in the green iguana

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Tosini, G ^a   Menaker, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Daily rhythms; Iguana iguana; Melatonin; Parietal eye; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; IGUANA IGUANA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0029781970     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193441     Document Type: Article

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