A functional subdivision of the circadian clock is revealed by differential effects of melatonin administration

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-76

  Tritschler, Laurent ^a   Saboureau, Michel ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Bothorel, Béatrice ^a  

^a Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212   (France)

Author keywords

Circadian; Corticosterone; Melatonin; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 32544452093     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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