Effect of melatonin on salt gland and kidney function of gulls, Larus glaucescens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-307

  Hughes, Maryanne R ^a   Kitamura, Nobu ^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; Arginine vasotocin; Avian osmoregulation; Gull; Kidney; Larus glaucescens; Melatonin; Prolactin; Salt gland

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ARGIPRESTOCIN; INULIN; MELATONIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT GLAND; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINE FLOW RATE;

EID: 34147144507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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