Triggering of neuroendocrine refractoriness to short-day patterns of melatonin in Siberian hamsters

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-310

  Prendergast, Brian J ^a,b   Flynn, A K ^a   Zucker, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; TESTIS;

EID: 0034098960     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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