Duration of melatonin regulates seasonal changes in song control nuclei of the house sparrow, Passer domesticus: Independence from gonads and circadian entrainment

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Cassone, Vincent M ^a   Bartell, Paul A ^a   Earnest, Barbara J ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Bird song; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Pineal; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SONG CONTROL NUCLEUS; SPARROW; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GONADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONS; TESTIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 38349026593     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407311110     Document Type: Article

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