Development of a circadian melatonin rhythm in embryonic zebrafish

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Kazimi, Nasser ^a   Cahill, Gregory M ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Danio rerio; Ontogeny; Photoreception; Pineal; Retina

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION; LARVA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSCILLATOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032850097     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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