Influence of acetylcholine administration on the interrenal gland of triturus carnifex (amphibia, urodela)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2004, Pages 73-76

  Capaldo, Anna ^a   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Criscuolo, Tullio ^a   Valiante, Salvatore ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a   Varano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; HPLC; Paracrine control; RIA; Steroidogenic cells

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; TRITURUS CARNIFEX;

EID: 78650051314     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356610     Document Type: Article

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