Circadian regulation of bird song, call, and locomotor behavior by pineal melatonin in the zebra finch

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-155

  Wang, Gang ^a   Harpole, Clifford E ^a   Trivedi, Amit K ^a   Cassone, Vincent M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birdsong; circadian rhythm; locomotor activity; melatonin; pineal; Taeniopygia guttata; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; FINCH; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOUND DETECTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FINCHES; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PINEAL GLAND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84859490063     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730411435965     Document Type: Article

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