Time of thyroidectomy variably affects seasonality in female American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-430

  Wilson, Fred E ^a   Reinert, Bryan D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American tree sparrow; Chicken gonadotropin releasing hormone I; Ovary; Photorefractoriness; Postnuptial (prebasic) molt; Seasonality; Spizella arborea; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROIDECTOMY;

SPIZELLA ARBOREA;

EID: 0033035394     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7267     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Dawson A., Goldsmith A. R. Changes in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I) in the pre-optic area and median eminence of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris. J. Reprod. Fertil. 111:1997;1-6.
2. Dawson A., Goldsmith A. R., Nicholls T. J. Development of photorefractoriness in intact and castrated male starlings (Sturnus vulgaris. Physiol. Zool. 58:1985;253-261.
3. Follett B. K., Nicholls T. J. Influences of thyroidectomy and thyroxine replacement on photoperiodically controlled reproduction in quail. J. Endocrinol. 107:1985;211-221.
4. Goldsmith A. R., Nicholls T. J. Thyroxine effects upon reproduction, prolactin secretion and plumage moult in intact and in thyroidectomised European starlingsSturnus vulgaris. Ornis Scand. 23:1992;398-404.
5. Green D. R., Reed J. C. Mitochondria and apoptosis. Science. 281:1998;1309-1312.
6. Harris M. O., Turek F. W. Photoperiodic control of the timing of testicular regression in white-throated sparrows. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 46:1982;124-129.
7. Harris W. A., Hartenstein V. Cellular determination. Fundamental Neuroscience. 1998;Academic Press, San Diego.
8. Karsch F. J., Dahl G. E., Hachigian R. M., Thrun L. A. Involvement of thyroid hormones in seasonal reproduction. J. Reprod. Fertil. Suppl. 49:1995;409-422.
9. Moore M. C., Schwabl H., Farner D. S. Biochronometry of testicular regression in white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii. J. Comp. Physiol. 153:1983;489-494.
10. Newton I. The moult of the bullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula. Ibis. 108:1966;41-67.
11. Nicholls T. J., Goldsmith A. R., Dawson A. Photorefractoriness in birds and comparison with mammals. Physiol. Rev. 68:1988;133-176.
12. Parkinson T. J., Follett B. K. Effect of thyroidectomy upon seasonality in rams. J. Reprod. Fertil. 101:1994;51-58.
13. Reinert B. D., Wilson F. E. The thyroid and the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis in American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 103:1996a;60-70.
14. Reinert B. D., Wilson F. E. Thyroid dysfunction and thyroxine-dependent programming of photoinduced ovarian growth in American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 103:1996b;71-81.
15. Reinert B. D., Wilson F. E. Thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) program separate components of seasonality in thyroidectomized (THX) male American tree sparrows. Am. Zool. 37:1997a;183A.
16. 43Spizella arborea. J. Exp. Zool. 279:1997b;367-376.
17. Thrun L. A., Dahl G. E., Evans N. P., Karsch F. J. Time-course of thyroid hormone involvement in the development of anestrus in the ewe. Biol. Reprod. 55:1996;833-837.
18. Thrun L. A., Dahl G. E., Evans N. P., Karsch F. J. Effect of thyroidectomy on maintenance of seasonal reproductive suppression in the ewe. Biol. Reprod. 56:1997a;1035-1040.
19. Thrun L. A., Dahl G. E., Evans N. P., Karsch F. J. A critical period for thyroid hormone action on seasonal changes in reproductive neuroendocrine function in the ewe. Endocrinology. 138:1997b;3402-3409.
20. Wilson F. E. Photoperiodism in American tree sparrows: Role of the thyroid gland. Harvey S., Etches R. J. Perspectives in Avian Endocrinology. 1997;159-169 Journal of Endocrinology Limited, Bristol.
21. Wilson F. E., Follett B. K. Plasma and pituitary luteinizing hormone in intact and castrated tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 23:1974;82-93.
22. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. The thyroid and photoperiodic control of seasonal reproduction in American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 163:1993;563-573.
23. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. The photoperiodic control circuit in euthyroid American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. J. Reprod. Fertil. 103:1995a;279-284.
24. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. A one-time injection of thyroxine programmed seasonal reproduction and postnuptial molt in chronically thyroidectomized male American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. J. Avian Biol. 26:1995b;225-233.
25. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. The timing of thyroid-dependent programming in seasonally breeding male American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 103:1996;82-92.
26. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. Effect of withdrawing long days from male American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea. Biol. Reprod. 58:1998;15-19.
27. Wilson F. E., Reinert B. D. Long days and thyroxine program American tree sparrows for seasonality: Evidence for temporal flexibility of the breeding season of euthyroid females. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 113:1999;136-145.