Twice daily melatonin peaks in Siberian but not Syrian hamsters under 24 h Light:Dark:Light:Dark cycles

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1206-1215

  Raiewski, Evan E ^a   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Evans, Jennifer A ^c   Glickman, Gena L ^a   Gorman, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcated circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Multi oscillator; Siberian hamster (Phodopus sungorus); Split entrainment; Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867316101     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.719965     Document Type: Article

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