Phenotypic variation in seasonal adjustments of testis size, body weight, and food intake in deer mice: Role of pineal function and ambient temperature

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-192

  Ruf, T ^a,c   Korytko, A I ^a   Stieglitz, A ^b   Lavenburg, K R ^a   Blank, J L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body weight; Food intake; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SMALL INTESTINE; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDIDYMIS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

EID: 0031127722     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050063     Document Type: Article

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