Tyrosine hydroxylase activity and dopamine turnover of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) brain: The special status of the hypothalamus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-48

  Linard, Boris ^a   Bennani, Sanae ^a   Jego, Patrick ^a   Saligaut, Christian ^a  

^a Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hypothalamus; Norepinephrine; Olfactory bulbs; Preoptic area; Telencephalon; Trout; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002259997     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01874836     Document Type: Article

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