Relation between the adrenals and thyroid and their hormones and the testicular cycle of a subtropical avian species

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-226

  Ghosh, Subho ^a   Sengupta, Santasri ^a   Dasadhikari, Sharmila ^a   Ghosh, Asok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

adrenomedullary hormones; Annual cycle; climatological factors; common myna; corticosterone; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029862225     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.27.2.216.12947     Document Type: Article

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