N.A. Temuryants
Dr.Sc. (Biol.)
(1945–2018)
K.N. Tumanyants
Ph.D. (Biol.), Director, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (Simpheropol)
E-mail: tumanyantsk@gmail.com
E.N. Chuyan
Dr.Sc. (Biol.), Professor, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (Simpheropol)
E-mail: timur328@gmail.com
E.N. Tumanyants
Ph.D. (Med.), Senior Research Scientist, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (Simpheropol)
E-mail: timur328@gmail.com
A.S. Kostyuk
Ph.D. (Biol.), Assistant, Kiev National University n.a. after Taras Shevchenko
E-mail: timur328@gmail.com
N.S. Yarmolyuk
Ph.D. (Biol.), Associate Professor, V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (Simpheropol)
E-mail: timur328@gmail.com

To broaden our understanding of the role of melatonin in the mechanisms underlying the action of electromagnetic factors, we studied MT effects and electromagnetic radiation of extremely high frequency on nociception of molluscs and its infradian rhythm dynamics.

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