Melatonin Production Accompanies Arousal from Daily Torpor in Siberian Hamsters

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-585

  Larkin, Jennie E ^a,c   Yellon, Steven M ^b   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

HIBERNATION; HORMONE; RODENT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; HAMSTER; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHODOPUS; SLEEP; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141525267     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375436     Document Type: Article

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