Ciba Foundation Symposium 117 - Photoperiodism, Melatonin and the Pineal

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Ciba Foundation Symposium 117 - Photoperiodism, Melatonin and the Pineal

Editor(s): David Evered, Sarah Clark

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780272798218

Online ISBN: 9780470720981

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720981

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–ix)

    2. Chapter 1

      Photoperiodism, Melatonin and the Pineal: It's Only a Question of Time (pages 1–8)

      R. V. Short

    3. Chapter 2

      Mammalian Pinealocytes: Ultrastructural Aspects and Innervation (pages 9–22)

      Lutz Vollrath

    4. Chapter 3

      Circadian Rhythms and Photoperiodism (pages 23–37)

      Martin C. Moore-Ede and Margaret L. Moline

    5. Chapter 4

      Photoneural Regulation of the Mammalian Pineal Gland (pages 38–56)

      David C. Klein

    6. Chapter 5

      Melatonin and the Brain in Photoperiodic Mammals (pages 57–77)

      M. H. Hastings, J. Herbert, N. D. Martensz and A. C. Roberts

    7. Chapter 6

      Eyes—the Second (and Third) Pineal Glands? (pages 78–92)

      Michael Menaker

    8. Chapter 7

      Photoperiodism in Birds (pages 93–115)

      B. K. Follett, R. G. Foster and T. J. Nicholls

    9. Chapter 8

      Photic Influences on the Developing Mammal (pages 116–128)

      Steven M. Reppert, Marilyn J. Duncan and Bruce D. Goldman

    10. Chapter 9

      Generation of Melatonin Rhythms (pages 129–148)

      G. A. Lincoln, F. J. P. Ebling and O. F. X. Almeida

    11. Chapter 10

      The Role of Rhythms in the Response to Melatonin (pages 149–169)

      Eric L. Bittman

    12. Chapter 11

      Role of the Pineal Gland in the Photoperiodic Control of Reproductive and Non-Reproductive Functions in Mink (Mustela vison) (pages 170–187)

      Lise Martinet and Daniel Allain

    13. Chapter 12

      Melatonin Administration: Effects on Rodent Circadian Rhythms (pages 188–207)

      Stuart Maxwell Armstrong and Jenny Redman

    14. Chapter 13

      The Pineal and Pubertal Development (pages 208–230)

      Pierre C. Sizonenko, Ursula Lang, Robert W. Rivest and Michel L. Aubert

    15. Chapter 14

      Melatonin, Light and Chronobiological Disorders (pages 231–252)

      Alfred J. Lewy, Robert L. Sack and Clifford M. Singer

    16. Chapter 15

      Melatonin and Affective Disorders (pages 253–265)

      Lennart Wetterberg

    17. Chapter 16

      Some Effects of Melatonin and the Control of its Secretion in Humans (pages 266–283)

      J. Arendt, C. Bojkowski, S. Folkard, C. Franey, V. Marks, D. Minors, J. C. Waterhouse, R. A. Wever, C. Wildgruber and J. Wright

    18. Chapter 17

      Melatonin and Malignant Disease (pages 284–310)

      Lawrence Tamarkin, Osborne F. X. Almeida and David N. Danforth

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      Index of Contributors (pages 311–312)

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      Subject Index (pages 313–323)

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