Vole retina is a target for gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Brain Research

Volumn 950, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Wirsig Wiechmann, Celeste R ^a,b   Wiechmann, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone, Vision, Optic nerve; Retina; Vole

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VISION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTIC NERVE; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RETINA;

EID: 0037144138     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03039-1     Document Type: Article

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