Melatonin and the pineal gland: Influence on mammalian seasonal and circadian physiology

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-22

  Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

BLINDNESS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; JET LAG; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAMMALS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SECRETORY RATE;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031964269     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0030013     Document Type: Review

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