European Hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) Show a Transient Phase of Insensitivity to Long Photoperiods after Gonadal Regression

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1438-1443

  Monecke, Stefanie ^a   Wollnik, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; HAMSTER; HIBERNATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GONADS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS;

EID: 1942444465     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023002     Document Type: Article

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