Effect of various acute 60 Hz magnetic field exposures on the nocturnal melatonin rise in the adult Djungarian hamster

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Truong, Huy ^a   Yellon, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Intermittent magnetic field; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Reproduction; Siberian hamster

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031138350     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00321.x     Document Type: Article

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