MT1 melatonin receptors mediate somatic, behavioral, and reproductive neuroendocrine responses to photoperiod and melatonin in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 714-721

  Prendergast, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; RAMELTEON;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GONAD; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MAMMAL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

5-METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; INDENES; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 74949138984     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0710     Document Type: Article

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