Seasonal variations in serotonin immunoreactivity and ultrastructure in the pineal organ of the Japanese grass lizard, with special reference to environmental temperature

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-450

  Ohshima, K ^a   Hirai, S ^a   Hiramatsu, K ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental temperature; Japanese grass lizard; Pineal organ; Secretory rudimentary photoreceptor cells; Serotonin immunohistochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PINEAL BODY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS TACHYDROMOIDES;

EID: 0033503720     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0054     Document Type: Article

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