The effect of tryptophan administration on the circadian rhythms of melatonin in plasma and the pineal gland of rats

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 177-186

  Sánchez, Soledad ^a   Sánchez, Cristina Lucia ^a   Paredes, Sergio Damian ^a   Rodriguez, Ana Beatriz ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Plasma; Rat; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 63449110367     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32725/jab.2008.021     Document Type: Article

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