Effects of specific phase relation of serotonergic and dopaminergic drugs on the annual reproductive cycle of spotted munia, Lonchura punctulata

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Prasad, S K ^a   Chaturvedi, C M ^b  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Neurotransmitters; Seasonal reproduction; Spotted Munia

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; SEROTONIN;

AMINE; GONADAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SPOTTED MUNIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; LONCHURA PUNCTULATA; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LONCHURA PUNCTULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031929320     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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