Daily variations of immunoreactive melatonin in the visual system of crayfish

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 539-543

  Balzer, Ivonne ^a   Espínola, Iván R ^b   Fuentes Pardo, Beatriz ^b  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Crayfish; Electroretinogram; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TEMPERATURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031278199     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(98)80010-5     Document Type: Article

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