Photoperiod regulates corticosterone rhythms by altered adrenal sensitivity via melatonin-independent mechanisms in fischer 344 rats and C57BL/6J mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Otsuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Goto, Mariko ^a   Kawai, Misato ^a   Togo, Yuki ^a   Sato, Katsuyoshi ^b   Katoh, Kazuo ^b   Furuse, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yasuo, Shinobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; DEXAMETHASONE; MELATONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BMAL1 GENE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRY1 GENE; CRY2 GENE; CYP11A1 GENE; CYP11B1 GENE; CYP21A GENE; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HSD3B GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAR GENE; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 84862493960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039090     Document Type: Article

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