The thyroid and the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis in American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-70

  Reinert, Bryan D ^a   Wilson, Fred E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030199947     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0094     Document Type: Article

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