Changes of thyrotropin-releasing hormone concentration in the brain and levels of prolactin and thyroxin in the serum during spawning migration of the chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-281

  Hamano, Kaoru ^a   Yosida, Katutosi ^a   Suzuki, Manpei ^a   Ashida, Katsuro ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SALMON; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029975068     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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