Food access schedule and diet composition alter rhythmicity of serum melatonin and pineal NAT activity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 449-455

  Selmaoui, B ^a   Oguine, A ^a   Thibault, L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate rich diet; Circadian rhythm; Free food access; Protein rich diet; Rats; Restricted food access

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0035851850     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00592-3     Document Type: Article

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