Testicular Regression in Pinealectomized Syrian Hamsters following Infusions of Melatonin Delivered on Non-Circadian Schedules1

The Pineal Gland

1965 • 778 citations

Neuroendocrine Basis of Seasonal Reproduction

1984 • 603 citations

Biological clocks in seasonal reproductive cycles

1981 • 449 citations

Effect of Melatonin on the Reproductive Systems of Male and Female Syrian Hamsters: A Diurnal Rhythm in Sensitivity to Melatonin¹²

1976 • 407 citations

Antigonadal Effects of Timed Melatonin Infusion in Pinealectomized Male Djungarian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus sungorus): Duration is the Critical Parameter*

1983 • 394 citations

Photoperiodic Control of Hamster Testis

1967 • 340 citations

Rapid pinealectomy in hamsters and other small rodents

1965 • 318 citations

The Pineal Gland and Mammalian Photoperiodism

1983 • 255 citations

Nightly duration of pineal melatonin secretion determines the reproductive response to inhibitory day length in the ewe

1984 • 252 citations

Prolonged exposure to melatonin leads to time-dependent sensitization of adenylate cyclase and down-regulates melatonin receptors in pars tuberalis cells from ovine pituitary.

1993 • 132 citations

MELATONIN INHIBITS CYCLIC AMP PRODUCTION IN CULTURED OVINE PARS TUBERALIS CELLS

1989 • 121 citations

Gonadal Responses of the Male Syrian Hamster to Programmed Infusions of Melatonin are Sensitive to Signal Duration and Frequency but Not to Signal Phase Nor to Lesions of The Suprachiasmatic Nuclei1

1990 • 119 citations

Hamster Refractoriness: The Role of Insensitivity of Pineal Target Tissues

1978 • 115 citations

Effects of Timed Melatonin Infusions on Reproductive Development in the Djungarian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus)*

1984 • 109 citations

Photoperiodic history and a changing melatonin pattern can determine the neuroendocrine response of the ewe to daylength

1987 • 104 citations

Peak duration of serum melatonin and short-day responses in adult Siberian hamsters

1988 • 97 citations

How Does Melatonin Code for Day Length in the Ewe: Duration of Nocturnal Melatonin Release or Coincidence of Melatonin with a Light-Entrained Sensitive Period?1

1988 • 92 citations

Time Course of Sensitivity of Golden Hamsters to Melatonin Injections Throughout the Day 1

1983 • 87 citations

Changes in Photoperiod Alter the Daily Rhythms of Pineal Melatonin Content and Hypothalamicβ-Endorphin Content and the Luteinizing Hormone Response to Naloxone in the Male Syrian Hamster*

1985 • 84 citations

Melatonin and Photorefractoriness: Loss of Response to the Melatonin Signal Leads to Seasonal Reproductive Transitions in the Ewe1

1986 • 82 citations

Change in duration of the nighttime melatonin peak may be a signal driving photoperiodic responses in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

1986 • 80 citations

Effect of asymmetrical reductions of photoperiod on pineal melatonin, locomotor activity and gonadal condition of male Syrian hamsters

1987 • 68 citations

Circadian and daily rhythms of melatonin in the blood and pineal gland of free-running and entrained Syrian hamsters

1993 • 65 citations

Importance of Duration of Nocturnal Melatonin Secretion in Determining the Reproductive Response to Inductive Photoperiod in the Ewe 1

1985 • 59 citations

Differential Effects of Photoperiodic History on the Responses of Gonadotrophins and Prolactin to Intermediate Daylengths in the Male Syrian Hamster

1989 • 49 citations

Concentrations of plasma melatonin and luteinizing hormone in domestic gilts reared under artificial long or short days

1992 • 48 citations

Effect of Melatonin Infusion Duration and Frequency on Gonad, Lipid, and Body Mass in Pinealectomized Male Siberian Hamsters1

1989 • 48 citations

Duration of the Melatonin Pulse in the Hypothalamus Controls Testicular Function in Pinealectomized Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus)1

1987 • 41 citations

Melatonin Inhibits the Activation of Cyclic AMP‐Dependent Protein Kinase in Cultured Pars Tuberalis Cells from Ovine Pituitary

1991 • 38 citations

Diurnal Variations of Plasma Melatonin Concentrations in Pregnant or Pseudopregnant Mink (Mustela vison) Maintained Under Different Photoperiods

1986 • 32 citations

Effects of Timed Melatonin Infusions and Lesions of the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei on Prolactin and Progesterone Secretions in Pregnant or Pseudopregnant Mink (Mustela vison)

1990 • 28 citations

The Effect of Signal Frequency on the Gonadal Response of Male Syrian Hamsters to Programmed Melatonin Infusions

1992 • 16 citations