Response of melatonin receptor mt1 in spleen of a tropical indian rodent, funambulus pennanti, to natural solar insolation and different photoperiodic conditions

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1559-1574

  Lahiri, Sanjukta ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Melatonin receptors; Photoperiod; Solar insolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIURIDAE; SPLEEN; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; RODENTIA;

EID: 73649091088     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420520903540960     Document Type: Article

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