Daily melatonin treatments regulate the circadian melatonin rhythm in the adult djungarian hamster

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-13

  Yellon, Steven M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHODOPUS; PINEAL BODY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0030096739     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049601100101     Document Type: Article

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