Chronobiology and the horse: Recent revelations and future directions

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Murphy, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Circadian; Horse; Immune; Jet lag

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART RATE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954032463     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.04.013     Document Type: Review

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