Daytime melatonin infusions induce sleep in pigeons without altering subsequent amounts of nocturnal sleep

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-64

  Mintz, Eric M ^a,b   Phillips, Nathan H ^a   Berger, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal state; Body temperature; Electroencephalography; Melatonin; Pigeon; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; NIGHT SLEEP; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUMBIDAE; DRINKING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EATING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SLEEP; TIME;

EID: 0032545174     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00849-0     Document Type: Article

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