Sustained melatonin treatment blocks body mass, pelage, reproductive, and fever responses to short day lengths in female Siberian hamsters

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Fenn, Ashley M ^a   Fonken, Laura K ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

febrile response; female; melatonin; photoperiod; Siberian hamsters

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAMSTER; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT DAY; SPLEEN; SUMMER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FEVER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 80051667452     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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