Effect of stress and dexamethasone treatment on circadian rhythms of melatonin and corticosterone in ring dove (Streptopelia risoria)

Autor:	Carmen, Barriga, Jose María, Marchena, Robert William, Lea, Steve, Harvey, Ana Beatriz, Rodríguez
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Restraint Physical Time Factors Stress Physiological Radioimmunoassay Animals Female Columbidae Corticosterone Dexamethasone Circadian Rhythm Melatonin
Zdroj:	Molecular and cellular biochemistry. 232(1-2)
ISSN:	0300-8177
Popis:	The possible relationship between the circadian rhythm of blood levels of melatonin and corticosterone in ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) subjected to both immobilization stress and immobilization stress plus dexamethasone treatment were studied. The results show changes in the circadian rhythm of melatonin, with increased daytime levels in situations of stress accompanied by increased corticosterone levels. The highest blood melatonin levels over the 24 h of the study were obtained when the animals were treated with dexamethasone and then subjected to stress. Given the antioxidant role of melatonin, our results support the idea ofmelatonin-corticosterone coupling with the possibility that melatonin released in situations of stress counteracts the adverse effects of glucocorticoids on the organism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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