Physiological color change in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-169

  Camargo, Carolina R ^a   Visconti, M A ^a   Castrucci, A M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FROG; LIGHT; MELANOPHORE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MELANOPHORES; MELATONIN; PIGMENTATION; RANA CATESBEIANA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MELANOPHORA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0033080864     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990201)283:2<160::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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