Differential effects of melatonin on plasma levels of thyroxine and triiodothyronine levels in the air-breathing fish, Clarias gariepinus, during breeding and quiescent periods

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 146-151

  Gupta, B B P ^a   Premabati, Y ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fish; Melatonin; Pineal; Thyriod; Thyroid hormones; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HORMONE ACTION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037240934     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00527-0     Document Type: Article

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