The GnRH system of seasonal breeders: Anatomy and plasticity

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-457

  Lehman, Michael N ^a   Goodman, Robert L ^b   Karsch, Fred J ^c   Jackson, Gary L ^d   Berriman, Sandra J ^a   Jansen, Heiko T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous opioid peptides; Estradiol; GnRH; Hamsters; LHRH; Negative feedback; Seasonal breeding; Sheep; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP;

EID: 0030664396     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00225-6     Document Type: Article

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