60-Hz magnetic field exposure effects on the melatonin rhythm and photoperiod control of reproduction

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 5 33-5, 1996, Pages

  Yellon, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biological clock; circadian; Djungarian, Siberian, or dwarf hamster; pineal; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029945082     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.5.e816     Document Type: Article

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