Nocturnal changes in pineal melatonin synthesis during puberty: Relation to estrogen and progesterone levels in female rats

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-41

  Okatani, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Kazushi ^a   Morioka, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayashi, Kazutoshi ^a   Sagara, Yusuke ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PUBERTY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; PINEAL GLAND; PROGESTERONE; PROTEINS; PUBERTY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030640034     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00300.x     Document Type: Article

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