Photoperiodically driven changes in Fos expression within the basal tuberal hypothalamus and median eminence of Japanese quail

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 8909-8918

  Meddle, Simone L ^a,c   Follett, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C fos; Coturnix coturnix japonica; Glia; Japanese quail; Luteinizing hormone; Photoperiodism

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RAT;

EID: 0030781077     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08909.1997     Document Type: Article

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