Commentary: What Does Melatonin Do and How Does It Do It?

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 532-534

  Menaker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS;

EID: 0031299842     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200607     Document Type: Article

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