Effect of melatonin on the release of prothoracicotropic hormone from the brain of Periplaneta americana (Blattodea: Blattidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-345

  Richter, Klaus ^a   Peschke, Elmar ^b   Peschke, Dorothee ^b  

^a Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blattodea; Luzindole; Melatonin; Moulting gland; Periplaneta americana; Prothoracicotropic hormone; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

INSECT;

BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033499953     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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