Seasonal variations in the frontal organ of the frog: Structural evidence and physiological correlates

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-141

  Guglielmotti, V ^a   Vota Pinardi, U ^a   Fiorino, L ^a   Sada, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

anuran amphibian; electrophysiology; frontal organ; photoperiod; pineal complex; Rana esculenta; reproduction; seasonal rhythms; secretory activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PINEAL GLAND; RANA ESCULENTA; SEASONS;

EID: 0031080859     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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