Neuronal inputs from the hypothalamus and brain stem to the medial preoptic area of the ram: Neurochemical correlates and comparison to the ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1119-1133

  Scott, Christopher J ^a,c   Clarke, Iain J ^b   Tilbrook, Alan J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptides; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENDORPHIN; FLUOROGOLD; GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SHEEP; STILBAMIDINES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0037378617     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010595     Document Type: Article

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