The effects of pulsing magnetic fields on pineal melatonin synthesis in a teleost fish (brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-173

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a   Zachmann, Andreas ^b   Ather Ali, M ^b   Reiter, Russel J ^c  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Melatonin; Photoreceptors; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TELEOST; TROUT;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TROUT;

EID: 0032515183     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00778-2     Document Type: Article

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