Right occipital cortex suppresses male rat testosterone secretion by a pituitary-independent mechanism.

Journal Article 2006; 27(4): 501-505 PubMed PMID: 16891994 Keywords: Animals, Cerebral Decortication, Corpus Callosum:cytology, Denervation, Frontal Lobe:cytology, Functional Laterality, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Male, Neural Pathways, Occipital Lobe:cytology, Pituitary Gland, Anterior:metabolism, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Test.

OBJECTIVES: In addition to being regulated by the hypothalamo-hypophyseal system, testosterone (T) secretion is influenced by a number of .....

The effects of periodic alteration of the temperature on the rhythmic melatonin release of explanted chicken pineals.

Journal Article 2005; 26(5): 503-510 PubMed PMID: 16264410 Keywords: Aging:physiology, Animals, Chickens:metabolism, Darkness, Female, Light, Male, Melatonin:metabolism, Organ Culture Techniques, Perfusion, Pineal Gland:metabolism, Temperature,.

: The melatonin rhythm of cultured chicken pineal cells can be synchronized by cyclic environmental effects. Unlike the effects of light o.....

Journal Article 2003; 24(6): 404-411 PubMed PMID: 15073565 Keywords: Animals, Birds, Circadian Rhythm:physiology, Mammals, Pineal Gland:physiology,.

: Endocrine biorhythms are classified according to the period time, as one of the most characteristic properties of biorhythms. Each endoc.....

Journal Article 1999; 20(5): 299-304 PubMed PMID: 11460088

: Avian pineals show rhythmic, circadian melatonin secretion pattern also in vitro. The phase of this rhythm can be modified by changing t.....