Chronoendocrinology - Quo vadis?;Chronoendokrinologia - Quo vadis?

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 583-593

  Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronoendocrinology; Circadian rhythm; Pars tuberalis; Pineal gland; Retina; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT; LIVER; LUNG; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PANCREAS ISLET; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PINEAL BODY; RETINA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036853828     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(02)80102-9     Document Type: Article

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