Serotonin agonists mimic the phase shifting effects of light on the melatonin rhythm in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 737, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 301-307

  Kennaway, D J ^a   Rowe, S A ^a   Ferguson, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Buspirone; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Quipazine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; MELATONIN; QUIPAZINE; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE METABOLISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; URINE;

EID: 0030597192     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00922-5     Document Type: Article

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