Seasonal changes in mesotocin and localization of its receptor in the prostate of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 470-478

  Fink, Jo W ^a   McLeod, Bernie J ^b   Assinder, Stephen J ^a   Parry, Laura J ^c   Nicholson, Helen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male reproductive tract; Oxytocin; Prostate; Seasonal reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESOTOCIN; MESOTOCIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPHYSINS; OPOSSUMS; ORGAN SIZE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTATE; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 12344296402     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.035006     Document Type: Article

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