Melatonin effects on behavior: Possible mediation by the central GABAergic system

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-412

  Golombek, Diego A ^a   PéVet, Paul ^b   Cardinali, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Behavior; Chronopharmacology; Circadian rhythm; GABA; Melatonin; Sleep anticonvulsant

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MELATONIN;

BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SLEEP;

EID: 0029788185     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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