Effects of constant lightness, darkness and parachlorophenylalanine treatment on tail regeneration in the lizard Ophisops elegans macrodactylus: Macroscopic, biochemical and histological changes

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Turgut, M ^a   Kaplan, S ^a,b   Metin, K ^a   Koca, Y B ^a   Soylu, E ^a,b   Sahin B ^a,b   Ateslier Z B B ^a   Basaloglu H K ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LIGHT; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RANDOMIZATION; REGENERATION; TAIL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FENCLONINE; LIGHT; LIZARDS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGENERATION; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; LACERTILIA; MACRODACTYLUS; OPHISOPS ELEGANS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33646700979     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2005.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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