Melatonin in animal models

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-352

  Pévet, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Animal model; Chronobiotic effect; Circadian function; Melatonin; Seasonal function

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; IODINE 125; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; S 22153; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRY1 GENE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0346503993     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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