Changes in immunoreactivity to anti-cGnRH-I and -II are associated with photostimulated sexual status in male quail

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 413-426

  Teruyama, Ryoichi ^a,b   Beck, Mary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Coturnix japonica; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immunocytochemistry; Photoperiod; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OLFACTORY BULB; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; QUAIL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEXUALITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033912289     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000218     Document Type: Article

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