A preliminary investigation of the effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide on secretion from the lingual salt glands of Crocodylus porosus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-78

  Franklin, Craig E ^a   Holmgren, Susanne ^b   Taylor, Greg C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT GLAND; SECRETION; TONGUE;

EID: 0029989170     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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