Effects of dopamine on the adrenal gland of Podarcis sicula (Reptilia, Lacertidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Capaldo, Anna ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a   Sciarrillo, Rosaria ^b   De Falco, Maria ^a   Valiante, Salvatore ^a   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Virgilio, Francesca ^a   Varano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Lipid cytoplasm ratio; NA A cell ratio; PNMT

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE;

EID: 0344825028     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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