Role of the pineal gland and melatonin in the photoperiodic control of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the male jerboa (Jaculus orientalis), a desert rodent

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-380

  El Qandil, S ^a,b   Chakir, J ^a   El Moussaouiti, R ^a   Oukouchoud, R ^a,c   Rami, N ^a   Benjelloun, W A ^a   Lakhdar Ghazal, N ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT   (Morocco)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hibernation; Median eminence; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Photoperiod; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JACULUS ORIENTALIS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TESTIS SIZE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RODENTIA; TESTIS;

EID: 10644232377     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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