Distinct expression of GnRH genes in the red seabream brain

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Okuzawa, K ^a   Granneman, J ^b   Bogerd, J ^b   Goos, H J Th ^b   Zohar, Y ^c   Kagawa, H ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken GnRH II; GnRH; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Preoptic area; Red seabream; Salmon GnRH; Seabream GnRH; Terminal nerve

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PAGRUS MAJOR; POA;

EID: 0002361704     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007760329837     Document Type: Article

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