Conditioned fear attenuates light-induced suppression of melatonin release in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 623-626

  Funk, Doug ^a   Amir, Shimon ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear; Corticosterone; Light; Melatonin; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 0032831744     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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