Effects of 3-ido-L-tyrosine, a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor, on eye pigmentation and biogenic amines in the planarian, Dugesia dorotocephala

Fundamental and Applied Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Ness, Daniel K ^a,b   Foley, George L ^a   Villar, David ^a   Hansen, Larry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; DOPAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IODOTYROSINE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; RAT; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EYE COLOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PUTAMEN; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE COLOR; MONOIODOTYROSINE; PLANARIANS; PUTAMEN; RATS; REGENERATION; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0029666213     PISSN: 02720590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/faat.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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