Immunocytochemical localization of gonadotropin-releasing hormones in the brain of a viviparous caecilian amphibian, Typhlonectes natans (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-25

  Ebersole, Ted J ^a   Boyd, Sunny K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Caecilian; GnRH; Gymnoph iona; Hypothalamus; LHRH; Neuropeptide; Reproduction; Viviparous

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAECILIA; CAUDATA; GALLUS GALLUS; GYMNOPHIONA; MAMMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TYPHLONECTES NATANS;

EID: 0034072894     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006638     Document Type: Article

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