Quantitative in situ hybridization of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone-encoding mRNAs in castrated and progesterone-treated male tilapia

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-414

  Parhar, Ishwar S ^a   Soga, Tomoko ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken II GnRH; In situ hybridization; LHRH; Midbrain tegmentum; Nucleus olfactoretinalis; Preoptic area; Salmon GnRH; Seabream GnRH

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0032409998     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7143     Document Type: Article

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