Effects of estradiol and testosterone on the serotonin content and turnover in the brain of tilapia embryo

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Tsai, C L ^a   Wang, L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Estradiol; Serotonin; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; TILAPIA;

EID: 0031045292     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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