Detection of gnrh molecular forms in brains and gonads of the crested newt, Triturus carnifex

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1029-1037

  Battisti, A ^a   Pierantoni, R ^b   Villarino, M ^c   Trabucchi, M ^c   Carnevalli, O ^a   Polzonetti Magni, A M ^a   Fassano, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone; Gonads; Newt; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; THECA CELL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS CARNIFEX;

EID: 0030670207     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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