Melatonin, Melanogenesis, and Hypoxic Stress in the Newt, Triturus carnifex

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-136

  Frangioni, Giuliano ^a   Borgioli, Gianfranco ^a   Bianchi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CARNIFEX;

MELANIN; MELATONIN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; SALAMANDER; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIVER; MELANINS; MELATONIN; OXYGEN; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; TRITURUS;

EID: 0038540153     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10261     Document Type: Article

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