Serotonin and N-acetylserotonin effects on pigment cells of the toad Bufo ictericus: Pharmacological characterization of melatonin receptors

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 192-199

  Filadelfi, Ana Maria C ^a   Castrucci, Ana Maria De L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLOR; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TOAD;

EID: 0030218210     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0110     Document Type: Article

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