The role of hypothalamic nuclei in the dopaminergic control of background adaptation in Xenopus laevis

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 May 31:680:486-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb19716.x.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization*
  • Animals
  • Color
  • Dopamine / analysis
  • Dopamine / physiology*
  • Nerve Fibers / physiology
  • Nerve Fibers / ultrastructure
  • Neuropeptide Y / analysis
  • Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / cytology
  • Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / physiology*
  • Skin Pigmentation / physiology*
  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / cytology
  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / physiology*
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / analysis
  • Xenopus laevis / physiology*
  • alpha-MSH / metabolism

Substances

  • Neuropeptide Y
  • alpha-MSH
  • Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
  • Dopamine