Effect of oestradiol and photoperiod on TH mRNA concentrations in A15 and A12 dopamine cell groups in the ewe

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Beccavin, Caroline ^a,b   Malpaux, Benoît ^a   Tillet, Yves ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Hypothalamus; Reproduction; Sheep; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DNA PROBES; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031962140     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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