Changes in expression of AVT and AVT receptor (VT1) gene in hypothalamus and shell gland in relation to egg laying in white leghorn hen

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-186

  Seth, R ^a,b   Xu, Y X ^b,c   Grossmann, R ^b   Chaturvedi, C M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Inst Anim Sci and Anim Behaviour   (Germany)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GIANT NERVE CELL; HEN; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 2442433628     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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