Regulation by light and darkness of melatonin secretion from the superfused masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) pineal organ

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-97

  Iigo, Masayuki ^a   Kitamura, Shoji ^b   Ikuta, Kazumasa ^b   Sánchez Vázquez, F Javier ^c   Ohtani Kaneko, Ritsuko ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^a   Hirata, Kazuaki ^a   Tabata, Mitsuo ^c   Aida, Katsumi ^d  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diel rhythm; Masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou; Melatonin; Pineal organ; Teleost

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS; PINEAL BODY; SALMON;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031937996     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.29.1.86.3042     Document Type: Article

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