Toward a seasonal model of the circadian system: The case of ruin lizards

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Foà, Augusto ^a   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circadian; Lizards; Melatonin; Pineal; Reptiles; Review; Rhythms; Seasonality; Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMPLANTATION; INJECTION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; REVIEW; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; WINTER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

PODARCIS; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 3142707469     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1037     Document Type: Review

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