Effects of 18 weeks of daily melatonin injection on reproduction and temperature regulation in the mouse,Peromyscus leucopus
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 216 (1) , 193-195
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402160122
Abstract
Mice injected daily with 50 μg of melatonin, 12 hr after lights on, for 18 weeks, underwent gonadal regression after 4–7 weeks and reproductive recrudescence after 15 weeks. Most treated animals molted to a winter pelt after 9–11 weeks of injections, and 2 of the 10 mice experienced bouts of daily torpor after 14 weeks.Keywords
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