Photostimulation affects gonadotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity and activates a distinct neuron population in the hypothalamus of the mallard

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Péczely, Péter ^a   Kovács, Krisztina J ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fos related antigen; GnRH; Immediate early gene; Mallard; Photostimulation; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DUCKS; FEMALE; FOS-RELATED ANTIGEN-2; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEASONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0343878839     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01360-4     Document Type: Article

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