Circadian actions of melatonin at the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 135-139

  Gillette, Martha U ^a   McArthur, Angela J ^b  

^a Departments of Cell and Structural Biology and Physiology Neuroscience Program and College of Medicine University of Illinois 506 Morrill Hall 505 S Goodwin Ave University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Brain slice; Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Neuroendocrine; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 13344270926     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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