Ocular melatonin rhythms in a cyprinid teleost, oikawa Zacco platypus, are driven by light-dark cycles

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Iigo, Masayuki ^a   Tabata, Mitsuo ^b   Aida, Katsumi ^c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; TELEOSTEI; ZACCO PLATYPUS;

EID: 0031489745     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.243     Document Type: Article

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