Melatonin and the circadian system: Contributions to successful female reproduction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-328

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tamura, Hiroshi ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Xu, Xiao Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; fetus; melatonin; oocyte; placenta

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

APOPTOSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LUTEINIZATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL BODY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; FETUS; MELATONIN; OOCYTE; PLACENTA;

ANIMALS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELATONIN; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905505423     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.06.014     Document Type: Review

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