Dorsocaudal SCN microknife-cuts do not block short day responses in siberian hamsters given melatonin infusions

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Song, C Kay ^a   Bartness, Timothy J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food intake; Hypothalamus; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRICETINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSURGERY; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032005452     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00234-7     Document Type: Article

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