Time keeping by the quail's eye: Circadian regulation of melatonin production

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-236

  Steele, Christopher T ^a   Tosini, Gianluca ^b   Siopes, Thomas ^a   Underwood, Herbert ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian pacemaker; Coturnix; Retina; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DARKNESS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RETINA; SUPPLEMENTATION; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 30344446651     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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