Changes in central steroid receptor expression, steroid synthesis, and dopaminergic activity related to the reproductive cycle of the ring dove

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-26

  Lea, Robert W ^a   Clark, Judith A ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; ANIMAL MODEL; AVIAN SPECIES; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; NEURAL MECHANISMS; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; STEROID RECEPTORS; STEROID SYNTHESIS;

BIRDS;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOVE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035478963     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1152     Document Type: Review

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