Melatonin influences gonadotropin II secretion in the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-242

  Khan, Izhar A ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN 2; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030297726     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0166     Document Type: Article

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