Photoperiodic effects on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) content and the GnRH-immunoreactive neuronal system of male Siberian hamsters

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 272-276

  Bernard, Daniel J ^a   Abuav Nussbaum, Rachel ^a   Horton, Teresa H ^a   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032923056     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.272     Document Type: Article

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