Urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin profiles in male Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) responding and not responding to short-day photoperiods: Possible role of elevated daytime levels

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Niehaus, Michael ^a   Lerchl, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hamster; Non responder; Photoperiod; Pineal; Urine

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DOWN-REGULATION; MALE; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 0031716258     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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