Influence of light/dark, seasonal and lunar cycles on serum melatonin levels and synaptic bodies number of the pineal gland of the rat

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 213-222

  Martinez Soriano F ^a   Ruiz Torner, A ^a   Armananzas E ^a   Valverde Navarro, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian phases; Lunar cycles; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Seasonal periods; Synaptic bodies

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SEASON; SPRING; SYNAPSE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOON; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEASONS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036159965     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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