Mammalian seasonal rhythms: Behavior and neuroendocrine substrates

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 507-540

  Prendergast, B J ^a   Nelson, R J ^b   Zucker, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Circadian; Circannual; Gonadotrophins; Hypothalamus; Immune function; Learning; Melatonin; Memory; Photoperiodism; Reproduction; Seasonality; Sex behavior; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884739172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00014-0     Document Type: Chapter

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