Melatonin in drinking water influences a circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the house cricket, acheta domesticus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 943-949

  Yamano, Hirotsugu ^a   Watari, Yasuhiko ^b   Arai, Tetsuo ^b   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ashiya University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Circadian rhythms; Locomotor activity; Melatonin; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; INSECT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0035879648     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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