Melatonin cycle in the fiddler crab Uca pugilator and influence of melatonin on limb regeneration

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 142-147

  Tilden, Andrea R ^a   Rasmussen, Paul ^a   Awantang, Ruth M ^a   Furlan, Scott ^a   Goldslein, Jessica ^a   Palsgrove, Michael ^a   Sauer, Angeline ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eyestalks; Fiddler crabs; Melatonin; Regeneration; Uca pugilator

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEMOLYMPH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRACHYURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXTREMITIES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGENERATION;

EID: 0031243505     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00347.x     Document Type: Article

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