Melatonin in rat milk and the likelihood of its role in postnatal maternal entrainment of rhythms

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 3 51-3, 2002, Pages

  Rowe, Shawn A ^a   Kennaway, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 Sulphatoxymelatonin; Circadian; Metabolism; Ontogeny; Pineal

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUCKING;

EID: 0036080777     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00228.2001     Document Type: Article

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