Influences of sex and saline intake on diurnal changes in plasma melatonin and osmoregulatory hormones of Pekin ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-133

  Hughes, Maryanne R ^a   Bennett, Darin C ^a   Gray, David A ^b   Sharp, Peter J ^c   Poon, Angela M S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Angiotensin II; Arginine vasotocin; Circadian rhythm; Duck; Melatonin; Plasma osmolality; Prolactin; Saline; Sex

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ARGIPRESTOCIN; FRESH WATER; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM INTAKE;

EID: 33749235667     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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