Changes in Hypothalamic Catecholamines, Dopamine-β-hydroxylase, and Phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase in the Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis in Relation to Season, Raised Photoperiod and Temperature, Ovariectomy, and Estradiol-17β Replacement

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 121-134

  Senthilkumaran, B ^a   Joy, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ESTRADIOL; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0028873386     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1995.1012     Document Type: Article

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