Short-term effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in three distinct melanin-pigmented cell types of Anura
Abstract Ectothermic animals present melanin-containing cells in their integument and viscera. Besides cutaneous melanophores, amphibians have melanomacrophages in the hepatic parenchyma and melanocytes in the viscera, which are also present in their testicular stroma. The native melanocyte stimulat...
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| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652023000101304&lng=en&tlng=en |