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Influence of intensity of illumination during the light period on diurnal variations of pineal indoles in rats and mice
- Source :
- Neuroscience Letters. 119:15-18
- Publication Year :
- 1990
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1990.
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Abstract
- The diurnal variations of pineal indoles in New-Zealand Black (NZB) mice and Wistar rats were determined by HPLC fluorometry. Pineal N-acetylserotonin (NAc5HT) in NZB mice showed a marked diurnal variation, but no melatonin (MLT) was detected at any time of day or night. The night-time increases of NAc5HT in NZB mice and MLT in Wistar rats were delayed about one hour in animals kept under illumination of high intensity (2000 lux) during the light period (12 h) compared with those in animals kept under illumination of low intensity (10 lux). These results suggest that the intensity of illumination during the light period affects the diurnal rhythms of pineal indoles in experimental animals.
- Subjects :
- Male
Periodicity
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
Indoles
Period (gene)
Mice, Inbred Strains
Luminous intensity
Biology
Pineal Gland
Melatonin
Mice
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Fluorometry
Circadian rhythm
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Lighting
General Neuroscience
Diurnal temperature variation
Rats, Inbred Strains
Circadian Rhythm
Rats
Intensity (physics)
Light intensity
Endocrinology
Serotonin
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03043940
- Volume :
- 119
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neuroscience Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c9f726dafa352a85d3da839380caf928