Circannual clocks: annual timers unraveled in sheep.
A recent study has revealed new insight into how the annual clock may drive seasonal hormone rhythms in mammals; the data suggest that melatonin-receptor-containing cells in the pituitary gland may operate as key calendar cells, transmitting seasonal temporal information to the endocrine system.
Dupré
Sandrine M
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Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 3.614 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
Loudon
Andrew S I
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D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D008550:Melatonin / Q000502:physiology; D017440:Photoperiod; D044094:Receptors, Melatonin / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
D044094:Receptors, Melatonin; D008550:Melatonin