Cyclic melatonin synchronises the circadian rhythm of feeding activity in Japanese quail, Coturnix c. japonica

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Lumineau, Sophie ^a   Guyomarc'h, Catherine ^a   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^b   Houdelier, Cécilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Feeding activity; Japanese quail; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MELATONIN; SOLVENT; STEROID; WATER;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; RECORDING; RUNNING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COTURNIX; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ORCHIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; DRINKING; EATING; MALE; MELATONIN; ORCHIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0036023044     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01431-2     Document Type: Article

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