Melatonin and exposure to constant light/darkness affects ovarian follicular kinetics and estrous cycle in Indian desert gerbil Meriones hurrianae (Jerdon)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 352-357

  Sinhasane, Sanjay V ^a   Joshi, Bhaskar N ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GERBIL; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS WEIGHT;

MERIONES HURRIANAE;

EID: 0031455687     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6976     Document Type: Article

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