Behavioral effects of melatonin treatment in non-human primates

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 114-118

  Zhdanova, Irina V ^a   Cantor, Margo L ^a   Leclair, Ojingwa U ^a   Kartashov, Alex I ^a   Wurtman, Richard J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PILOT STUDY; SLEEP;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP;

EID: 0032229793     PISSN: 1096214X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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