Age related changes in the activity-rest circadian rhythms and c-fos expression of ring doves with aging. Effects of tryptophan intake

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 430-438

  Garau, Celia ^a   Aparicio, Sara ^a   Rial, Rubén V ^a   Nicolau, María C ^a   Esteban, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity rest rhythm; Aging; c fos immunohistochemistry; l Tryptophan; Melatonin; Ring doves; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; MELATONIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOVE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TARGETING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REST; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUMBIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SLEEP; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBIFORMES;

EID: 33646481184     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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