Melatonin as a chronobiotic: PROS and CONS

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 363-372

  Steinlechner, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; melatonin; photoperiodism; pineal gland; suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; SEASONS;

EID: 0029960064     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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