Changes in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I) in the pre-optic area and median eminence of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during the recovery of photosensitivity and during photostimulation

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Dawson, A ^a   Goldsmith, A R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; POA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0030711090     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1110001     Document Type: Article

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