The brain's calendar: Neural mechanisms of seasonal timing

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-77

  Hofman, Michel A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Seasonal rhythm; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; DARKNESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 1442315650     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006250     Document Type: Review

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