Natural melatonin fluctuation and its minimally invasive simulation in the zebra finch

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Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Seltmann, Susanne ^a   Trost, Lisa ^a   Maat, Andries Ter ^a   Gahr, Manfred ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird song; Chronobiology; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SKIN CREAM;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIMULATION; SLEEP; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84966269202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1939     Document Type: Article

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