Melatonin entrains the restored circadian activity rhythms of Syrian hamsters bearing fetal suprachiasmatic nucleus grafts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 8032-8037

  Grosse, Julia ^a   Davis, Fred C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Graft; Melatonin; Pineal; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0032190088     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-19-08032.1998     Document Type: Article

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