Regulation of emotional behaviour by day length in mice: Implication of melatonin

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 747-752

  Kopp, C ^a   Vogel, E ^a   Rettori, M C ^b   Delagrange, P ^b   Renard, P ^b   Lesieur, D ^c   Misslin, R ^a  

^a Lab d'Ethologie et de Neurobiologie   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Day length; Inbred strains; Melatonin; Melatonin receptor antagonist; Mice; Neophobia; S 22153

Indexed keywords

HORMONE ANTAGONIST; MELATONIN; S 22153; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; SUNLIGHT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033385026     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199912000-00006     Document Type: Article

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