Circadian clocks and the measurement of daylength in seasonal reproduction

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-81

  Ikegami, Keisuke ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep brain photoreceptor; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Thyroid hormone; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; GONADORELIN; MELATONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; DAY LENGTH; EPENDYMA CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 83555178547     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.06.040     Document Type: Review

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