Interval timer control of puberty in photoinhibited Siberian hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-383

  Jin, Ho Park ^a,c   Kauffman, Alexander S ^b   Paul, Matthew J ^a   Butler, Matthew P ^a   Beery, Annaliese K ^a   Costantini, Ruth M ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hamster; Melatonin; Photoperiodism; Puberty; Testes

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOINHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PUBERTY; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 33748650276     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406292315     Document Type: Article

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