The decrease in plasma melatonin at metamorphic climax in Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog) tadpoles is induced by thyroxine

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 653-663

  Wright, Mary L ^a   Alves, Christina D ^a  

^a Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Diurnal rhythm; Metamorphosis; Ocular melatonin; Pineal; Plasma melatonin; Tadpole; Thyroid; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0034978736     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00329-4     Document Type: Article

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