Control of the daily melatonin rhythm: A model of time distribution by the biological clock mediated through the autonomic nervous system

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I General Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Aims

II New concept

CHAPTER 2 Suprachiasmatic control of melatonin synthesis in rat: inhibitory and stimulatory mechanisms

CHAPTER 3 Glutamatergic clock output stimulates melatonin synthesis at night

CHAPTER 4 In vivo evidence for controlled offset of melatonin synthesis by the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the rat

CHAPTER 5 Feeding conditions affect vasopressin and Per2, but not Per1, gene expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

III General Discussion

CHAPTER 6 General Discussion

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Samenvatting

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Acknowledgements ~ Dankwoord ~ Remerciements

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