The effects of environmental illumination on the in vitro melatonin secretion from the embryonic and adult chicken pineal gland

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 154-158

  Faluhelyi, Nándor ^a   Csernus, Valér ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Avian; Circadian; Dim; Light; Perifusion

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250747296     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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