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Absence of a serum melatonin rhythm under acutely extended darkness in the horse

BACKGROUND: In contrast to studies showing gradual adaptation of melatonin (MT) rhythms to an advanced photoperiod in humans and rodents, we previously demonstrated that equine MT rhythms complete a 6-h light/dark (LD) phase advance on the first post-shift day. This suggested the possibility that me...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Barbara A, Martin, Ann-Marie, Furney, Penney, Elliott, Jeffrey A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1740-3391-9-3