Photorefractoriness in mammals: Dissociating a seasonal timer from the circadian-based photoperiod response

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3782-3790

  Lincoln, Gerald A ^a,c   Johnston, Jonathan D ^b   Andersson, Hakan ^a   Wagner, Gabriela ^b   Hazlerigg, David G ^b  

^a MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Chancellor's Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock genes; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiodism; Pineal gland; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUMMER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEASONS; SHEEP; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 23844490235     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0132     Document Type: Article

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