Regulation of melatonin receptors in the pars tuberalis of syrian hamsters transferred from long to short photoperiod: Implication of melatonin and testosterone

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-308

  Recio, Joaquín ^a,b   Pévet, Paul ^a   Masson Pévet, Mireille ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Melatonin receptors; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Sexual activity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031967048     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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