Effects of gonadal steroids on pineal morphogenesis and cell differentiation of the embryonic quail studied under cell culture conditions

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Haldar, Chandana ^a   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b   Araki, Masasuke ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Development; Development and regeneration; Gonadal steroid; Hormones and development; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Quail

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; AVIAN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OPSIN; PINOPSIN PROTEIN, CHICKEN; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FOWL; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OPSIN; PINEAL GLAND; QUAIL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROTONIN; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 1642264315     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(03)00215-3     Document Type: Article

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