Daily and circadian variations of the pineal and ocular melatonin contents and their contributions to the circulating melatonin in the Japanese newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-70

  Chiba, Atsuhiko ^a   Hattori, Atsuhiko ^b   Iigo, Masayuki ^c,d  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye; Melatonin; Newt; Pineal; Plasma

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; SALAMANDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EYE; JAPAN; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SALAMANDRIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 14844337931     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.65     Document Type: Article

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