Neuropeptide Y in the forebrain of the adult male cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus: Distribution, effects of castration and testosterone replacement

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 489, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-165

  Sakharkak, Amul J ^a   Singru, Praful S ^b   Sarkar, Koustav ^a   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^a  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadectomy; Nervus terminalis; Neuropeptide Y; Nucleus entopeduncularis; Sex steroid replacement; Teleost; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CICHLID; DIENCEPHALON; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; GANGLION; GONADECTOMY; GRANULE CELL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; TERMINAL NERVE; THALAMUS DORSAL LATERAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TILAPIA; VENTRALIS TELENCEPHALI PARS LATERALIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSENCEPHALON; TESTOSTERONE; TILAPIA;

EID: 22244467367     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20614     Document Type: Article

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