Evidence for nitric oxide role in the caudal neurosecretory system of the European flounder, Platichthys flesus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 251-261

  Marley, Richard ^a   Lu, Weiqun ^a   Balment, Richard J ^a   McCrohan, Catherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal neurosecretory system; Neurosecretion; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Osmoregulation; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH; FLATFISH; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34547131582     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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