Avian circadian organization: A chorus of clocks

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-88

  Cassone, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird song; Birds; Circadian; Circannual; Melatonin; Migration; Navigation; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOME RANGE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETINA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIRDS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MELATONIN;

EID: 84892852369     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.10.002     Document Type: Review

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