Adaptations for life in the Arctic: Evidence that melatonin rhythms in reindeer are not driven by a circadian oscillator but remain acutely sensitive to environmental photoperiod

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-293

  Stokkan, Karl Arne ^a   Van Oort, Bob E H ^a   Tyler, Nicholas J C ^a   Loudon, Andrew S I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arctic; Circadian; Melatonin; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; REINDEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; REINDEER; SEASONS;

EID: 34548423752     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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