Testosterone-dependent and -independent mechanisms involved in the photoperiodic control of neuropeptide levels in the brain of the jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)

Brain Research

Volumn 967, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Oukouchoud, Rahma ^a,b   Vivien Roels, Berthe ^c   Pévet, Paul ^c   Lakhdar Ghazal, Nouria ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Intergeniculate leaflet; Neuropeptide Y; Seasonal and photoperiod changes; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Testosterone; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0344837804     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)04213-0     Document Type: Article

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