Melatonin: Generation and modulation of avian circadian rhythms

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-444

  Gwinner, Eberhard ^a   Hau, Michaela ^a   Heigl, Sabine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic animals; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Migratory birds; Pineal

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINEAL GLAND; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030666485     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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