Environmental control of the seasonal variations in the daily pattern of melatonin synthesis in the European hamster, Cricetus cricetus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-94

  Vivien Roels, B ^a   Pitrosky, B ^a   Zitouni, M ^a   Malan, A ^a   Canguilhem, B ^a   Bonn, D ^a   Pevet P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CRICETUS CRICETUS;

EID: 0031127103     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6853     Document Type: Article

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