Age-related changes in neuroendocrine rhythmic function in the rhesus macaque

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1111-1121

  Urbanski, Henryk F ^a,b,c   Sorwell, Krystina G ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Circadian rhythms; Intracrinology; Neurosteroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT INTENSITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREDATOR; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SUPPLEMENTATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MACACA MULATTA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862748058     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9352-z     Document Type: Review

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