Developmental studies for identification of the inhibitory center of melanotropes in the toad, Bufo japonicus

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 651-658

  Kouki, Tom ^a   Kawamura, Kosuke ^a   Kikuyama, Sakae ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background adaptation; Hypothalamus; Melanophore stimulating hormone; Melanotropes; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SYNTHETASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; TOAD;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO JAPONICUS; MELANOPHORA;

EID: 0031730221     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-4-00009.x     Document Type: Article

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