Melatonin as a chemical indicator of environmental light-dark cycle

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 757-767

  Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; circadian rhythm sleep disorders; light; melatonin; pineal gland; retina; seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDER GLAND; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; RETINA; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

EID: 0029796003     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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