Mice, melatonin and the circadian system

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Korf, H W ^a   von Gall, C ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Clock genes; Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745192839     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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