Daily and photoperiodic melatonin binding changes in the suprachiasmatic nuclei, paraventricular thalamic nuclei, and pars tuberalis of the female Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-332

  Recio, Joaquín ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^a   Míguez, Jesús M ^a   Masson Pévet, Mireille ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily rhythm; Melatonin receptor; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiodism; Seasonal rhythm; Siberian hamster; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; FEMALE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PERIODICITY; PHODOPUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030332713     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049601100406     Document Type: Article

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