The hormonal Zeitgeber melatonin: Role as a circadian modulator in memory processing

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Rawashdeh, Oliver ^a   Maronde, Erik ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Hormone; Learning; Melatonin; Memory; Pineal; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84857184923     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00027     Document Type: Review

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