Dopaminergic systems in the European eel: Characterization, brain distribution, and potential role in migration and reproduction

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 602, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-46

  Sébert, Marie Emilie ^a   Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a,c   Moisan, Christine ^b   Pasqualini, Catherine ^d   Dufour, Sylvie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CS 93837   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Locomotion; Olfaction; Puberty; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEMS; OLFACTION; PITUITARY FUNCTIONS; PUBERTY; TELEOSTS;

BRAIN;

BRAIN; CATABOLISM; EEL; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLFACTION; REPRODUCTION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049089467     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9288-1     Document Type: Review

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