Melatonin Enhances the Sensitivity of Circadian Pacemakers to Light in the Nocturnal Field Mouse Mus booduga

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-168

  Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a   Chidambaram, R ^b   Yadunandam, A Kasin ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS BOODUGA;

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0141834064     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10265     Document Type: Article

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