Seasonal alterations in circadian melatonin rhythms of the European wild boar and domestic gilt

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-49

  Tast, Anssi ^a,b   Hälli, Outi ^a   Ahlström, Susanna ^a   Andersson, Håkan ^c   Love, Robert J ^b   Peltoniemi, Olli A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestic pig; Gilt; Melatonin; Season; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SWINE;

EID: 0035188966     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300106.x     Document Type: Article

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