Melatonin entrainment of circannual rhythms

Chronobiology International

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Lincoln, Gerald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Circannual; Pars Tuberalis; Photoperiod; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRY1 GENE; CRY2 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646686854     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520500464452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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