Redefining the limits of day length responsiveness in a seasonal mammal

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Wagner, Gabriela C ^a   Johnston, Jonathan D ^b   Clarke, Iain J ^c   Lincoln, Gerald A ^d   Hazlerigg, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SPRING; SUMMER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; SEASONS; SHEEP; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 37549063605     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0658     Document Type: Article

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