Effects of arginine vasotocin, isotocin and melatonin on blood pressure in the conscious Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Hormonal interactions?

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 809-820

  Kulczykowska, Ewa ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ISOTOCIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; TELEOST;

EID: 0031736231     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1998.sp004161     Document Type: Article

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