Day-night differences in the effects of gonadal hormones on melatonin release from perifused rat pineals. Evidence of a circadian control

Steroids

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  San Martin, Maria ^a   Bogdan, André ^a   Touitou, Yvan ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; circadian rhythm; melatonin; pineal perifusion; testosterone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030067182     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(95)00172-M     Document Type: Article

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