DIURNAL RHYTHM OF VASOTOCIN IN THE PINEAL OF THE MALE RAT
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 84 (3), 523-526
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0840523
Abstract
The pineal content of arginine vasotocin in the male rat is subject to diurnal changes, having a high value around noon and a low value around midnight. Since in rats exposed to 24 h constant light the pineal content in arginine vasotocin decreases, and in the rats exposed to 24 h constant darkness the pineal content in arginine vasotocin increases, it appears that during the night both the synthesis and release of arginine vasotocin is enhanced.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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