Daily variation of melatonin content in the optic lobes of the crab Neohelice granulata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-166

  Maciel, Fábio Everton ^a   Geihs, Márcio Alberto ^a   Vargas, Marcelo Alves ^a,d   Cruz, Bruno Pinto ^a   Ramos, Bianca Padovani ^a   Vakkuri, Olli ^b   Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^b,c   Maia Nery, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Allodi, Silvana ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian variation; Crab; Crustacean; Daily variation; Melatonin; Neohelice granulata; Optic lobes; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEOHELICE GRANULATA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649124626     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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