Seasonal variation in levels of prostaglandins D2, E2 and F(2α) in the brain of a mammalian hibernator, the Asian chipmunk

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-81

  Takahata, R ^a   Matsumura, H ^a   Eguchi, N ^a   Sri Kantha, S ^a   Satoh, S ^a   Sakai, T ^b   Kondo, N ^c   Hayaishi, O ^a  

^a OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 0029925963     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(96)90085-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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