In the field mouse Mus booduga melatonin phase response curves (PRCs) have a different time course and wave form relative to light PRC

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Chandrashekaran, Maroli K ^a   Singaravel, Muniyandi ^b   Subbaraj, Ramanujam ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Mice; Phase response curve

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032909524     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1999.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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