Photostimulated fos-like immunoreactivity in tuberal hypothalamus of photosensitive vs. photorefractory turkey hens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Millam, J R ^a   Craig Veit, C B ^a   Siopes, T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; cGnRH I; Hypothalamus; Photoperiod; Photorefractoriness; Turkey; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEN; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0141570792     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00249-1     Document Type: Article

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