Temperature dependence of gonadal regression in Syrian hamsters exposed to short day lengths

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

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

  Larkin, Jennie E ^a,c   Jones, Jennifer ^b,c   Zucker, Irving ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food hoarding; Hibernation; Melatonin; Photoperiodism; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GONAD; GONAD FUNCTION; HIBERNATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TESTIS;

EID: 0036087612     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00299.2001     Document Type: Article

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