A test of the coincidence and duration models of melatonin action in Siberian hamsters. II. The effects of 4- and 8-hr melatonin infusions on testicular development of pinealectomized juvenile Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-64

  Gunduz B ^a   Stetson, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infusion; Melatonin; Phodopus sungorus; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Pinealectomy

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035183005     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300108.x     Document Type: Article

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