Persistence of a plasma melatonin rhythm in constant darkness and its inhibition by constant light in the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-20

  Firth, Bruce T ^a   Belan, Ingrid ^b   Kennaway, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian; Lighting; Lizard; Melatonin; Pineal; Rhythm; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PINEAL BODY; SAMPLING; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT; LIZARDS; MALE; MELATONIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 33745543272     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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