Characterization of melatonin receptors in the brain of four avian species: Duck, goose, pigeon, and turkey

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Zawilska, Jolanta B ^a   Nowak, Jerzy Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; GOOSE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCATCHARD PLOT; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0029876292     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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