Chronic administration of melatonin (in silastic capsules) lengthened the free-running period of the locomotor rhythm and shortened the circadian activity time in Podarcis sicula held in constant temperature and darkness. 2. Lizards displaying a bimodal pattern of activity invariably became unimodal after melatonin administration. 3. The results support the hypothesis that melatonin acts as a coupling device between circadian oscillators driving the locomotor rhythm in Podarcis sicula.
Melatonin - A Coupling Device Between Oscillators In The Circadian System Of The Ruin Lizard Podarcis-Sicula
FOA', Augusto Giuseppe Lorenzo;
1992
Abstract
Chronic administration of melatonin (in silastic capsules) lengthened the free-running period of the locomotor rhythm and shortened the circadian activity time in Podarcis sicula held in constant temperature and darkness. 2. Lizards displaying a bimodal pattern of activity invariably became unimodal after melatonin administration. 3. The results support the hypothesis that melatonin acts as a coupling device between circadian oscillators driving the locomotor rhythm in Podarcis sicula.File in questo prodotto:
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