The Melanocortin Receptors (The Receptors)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780896035799
Subjects: Biochemistry; Physiology; Medical / Nursing; Endocrinology; Hormones; Science; Medical; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry
First sentence: The "melanophore stimuIants" were discovered about 80 yr ago when, with surgical ablation experiments, the pituitary gland was shown to be involved in the control of skin color of amphibia.