Seasonal changes in the expression of neuropeptide Y and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA in the arcuate nucleus of the ovariectomized ewe: Relationship to the seasonal appetite and breeding cycles

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1105-1111

  Clarke, Iain J ^a   Scott, C J ^b   Rao, A ^a   Pompolo, S ^a   Barker Gibb, M L ^a,c  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Biomedical Science Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; In situ hybridization; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; BETA ENDORPHIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OVARIECTOMY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS;

EID: 0033790344     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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