Responses of young Xenopus laevis tadpoles to light dimming: Possible roles for the pineal eye

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1857-1867

  Jamieson, D ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photoreception; Pineal eye; Swimming; Tadpole; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; PINEAL BODY; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; LARVA; LIGHT; PINEAL GLAND; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033948129     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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