Daily changes in thyroid activity in the frog Rana perezi: Variation with season

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Gancedo, Begoña ^a   Alonso Gómez, Angel Luis ^a   De Pedro, Nuria ^a   Delgado, María Jesús ^a   Alonso Bedate, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

daily cycles; frog; plasma; seasonal changes; thyroid activity; thyroid gland; thyroxine; triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

RANA PEREZI;

EID: 0030152901     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(96)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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