Diurnal variation in the effect of melatonin on neurohypophysial hormone release from the rat hypothalamus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Yasin, Sharifah A ^a   Grossman, A ^b   Forsling, Mary L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Melatonin; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030071021     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02024-1     Document Type: Article

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