Effects of photoperiod on estrogen receptor, tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, and β-endorphin immunoreactivity in the ewe hypothalamus

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2585-2595

  Skinner, Donal C ^a,b   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031000331     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.6.5208     Document Type: Article

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