Environmental induction of photononresponsiveness in the Siberian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Gorman, Michael R ^a,b   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; melatonin; nonresponders; photoperiodism; testes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAMSTER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 0030909419     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.3.r887     Document Type: Article

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