Development and control of the circadian pacemaker for melatonin release in the chicken pineal gland

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-28

  Csernus, Valér ^a   Ghosh, Meenakshi ^a   Mess, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chicken pineal gland; Circadian rhythm; Light; Melatonin; Perifusion

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031946646     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7039     Document Type: Article

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