Thyroid hormone acts centrally to programme photostimulated male American tree sparrows (Spizella arborea) for vernal and autumnal components of seasonality

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-95

  Wilson, F E ^a   Reinert, B D ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

American tree sparrow; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Photorefractory; Photosensitive; Reverse T3; Seasonality; T3; T4; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TESTIS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE, REVERSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033978366     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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