Clock-controlled endogenous melatonin rhythms in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-49

  Martinez Chavez, Carlos Christian ^a   Al Khamees, Sammi ^a   Campos Mendoza, Antonio ^b   Penman, David James ^a   Migaud, Herve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Catfish; Melatonin; Oscillator; Pineal; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PINEAL BODY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CICHLIDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; RIVERS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 39749149571     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520801917547     Document Type: Article

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