Increase in liver pigmentation during natural hibernation in some amphibians

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Barni, Sergio ^a,c   Bertone, Vittorio ^a   Croce, Anna Cleta ^b   Bottiroli, Giovanni ^b   Bernini, Franco ^a   Gerzeli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Biologia Animale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanin; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; HIBERNATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; WINTER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; HIBERNATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENTATION; RANA ESCULENTA; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRITURUS;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CARNIFEX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032796955     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299004999     Document Type: Article

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