Single prenatal injections of melatonin or the D1-dopamine receptor agonist SKF 38393 to pregnant hamsters sets the offsprings' circadian rhythms to phases 180°apart

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-346

  Viswanathan, N ^a   Davis, Fred C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Entrainment; Hypothalamic development; Maternal fetal; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAMSTER; PREGNANCY;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0031127107     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050053     Document Type: Article

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