Timed Maternal Melatonin Treatment Reverses Circadian Disruption of the Fetal Adrenal Clock Imposed by Exposure to Constant Light

Méndez, Natalia; Abarzúa-Catalán, Lorena; Vilches, Nelson; A. Galdames, Hugo; Spichiger, Carlos; Richter, Hans; J. Valenzuela, Guillermo; Serón‐Ferré, María; Torres‐Farfan, Claudia

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042713

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Timed Maternal Melatonin Treatment Reverses Circadian Disruption of the Fetal Adrenal Clock Imposed by Exposure to Constant Light

Published in PLoS ONE • Aug 13, 2012

Authors:

Natalia Méndez

Lorena Abarzúa-Catalán

Nelson Vilches

Abstract

Surprisingly, in our modern 24/7 society, there is scant information on the impact of developmental chronodisruption like the one experienced by shift worker pregnant women on fetal and postnatal physiology. There are important differences between the maternal and fetal circadian systems; for instan...

Subject

Circadian rhythm

Melatonin

Circadian clock

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