Circadian rhythms of photorefractory Siberian hamsters remain responsive to melatonin

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-169

  Butler, Matthew P ^a,b   Paul, Matthew J ^a,c   Turner, Kevin W ^a   Park, Jin Ho ^a,d   Driscoll, Joseph R ^a   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Melatonin; Phase shift; Photoperiod; Refractoriness; SCN

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHENOTYPE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 40849087997     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407312949     Document Type: Article

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