Localization and role of serotonin in the adrenal gland of Podarcis sicula (Reptilia, Lacertidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-76

  Capaldo, Anna ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a   Sciarrillo, Rosaria ^a   Valiante, Salvatore ^a   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Varano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal gland; Corticosteroids; Immunocytochemistry; PNMT; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTISERUM; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; LIPID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECRETORY VESICLE; STAINING; STEROIDOGENESIS; STIMULATION;

EID: 0038730944     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00531-2     Document Type: Article

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