Periodic melatonin in the drinking water synchronizes circadian rhythms in sparrows

Pineal Function: The Biological Clock in the Sparrow?

Suzanne Gaston, Michael Menaker · Science · 1968 · 370 citations

Biology, Passer Domesticus, Fitness +14

Circadian rhythms of melatonin release from individual superfused chicken pineal glands in vitro.

Joseph S. Takahashi, Heidi E. Hamm, M Menaker · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 259 citations · Full text

Cryptochrome, Optogenetics, Circadian Rhythm +18

Synchronization of a circadian rhythm in pinealectomized European starlings by daily injections of melatonin

Eberhard Gwinner, Ingrid Benzinger · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1978 · 157 citations

Biology, Alertness, Pinealectomized European Starlings +8

Sites of melatonin action in the brain of the house sparrow, <i>Passer domesticus</i>

Vincent M. Cassone, David Brooks · Journal of Experimental Zoology · 1991 · 53 citations

Mammalian Physiology, Sensory Systems, Neuroendocrine Mechanism +19

The Effect of Pinealectomy on Circadian Plasma Melatonin Levels in House Sparrows and European Starlings

Daniel Janik, John Dittami, Eberhard Gwinner · Journal of Biological Rhythms · 1992 · 41 citations