Siberian hamsters that fail to reentrain to the photocycle have suppressed melatonin levels

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 3 47-3, 2000, Pages

  Ruby, Norman F ^a   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^b   Heller, H Craig ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Circadian system; Light dark cycle; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034062231     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.3.r757     Document Type: Article

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