In situ characterization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I, -III, and glutamic acid decarboxylase expression in the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-70

  Root, Adam R ^a   Nucci, Nathaniel V ^a   Sanford, Jocelyn D ^a   Rubin, Beverly S ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^c   Sower, Stacia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agnathan; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; In situ hybridization; Lamprey; LHRH

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL POPULATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LARVA; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PETROMYZON; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; POA;

EID: 11444252861     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081354     Document Type: Article

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