Effects of L-thyroxine on brain monoamines during parr-smolt transformation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 216-218

  Morin, Pierre Philippe ^a,b   Winberg, Svante ^c   Nilsson, Göran E ^d   Hara, Toshiaki J ^b   Eales, J Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Brain monoamines; L Thyroxine; Parr smolt transformation; T4

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; SALMON; SEROTONIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 0030995277     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00169-9     Document Type: Article

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