Influence of cortisol on the larval bullfrog thyroid axis in vitro and in vivo and on plasma and ocular melatonin

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-260

  Wright, Mary L ^a   Rzasa, Beata A ^a   Weir, Robert J ^a   Babski, Amy M ^a  

^a Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hydrocortisone; Melatonin; Metamorphosis; Pituitary; Tadpole; Thy rotropin; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; THYROID FUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032746411     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7364     Document Type: Article

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