Effects of fasting and exogenous melatonin on annual rhythms in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-197

  Nieminen, Petteri ^a   Pyykönen, Teija ^a   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Blue fox; Fasting; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Sex steroids; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOX; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROID GLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 7444221181     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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