Relations between social status and the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone system in females of two cooperatively breeding species of African mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus and Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: Neuroanatomical and neuroendocrinological studies

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 494, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-313

  Du Toit, Lydia ^a,b   Bennett, Nigel C ^a   Katz, Arieh A ^c   Kalló, Imre ^b,d   Coen, Clive W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Common mole rat; Highveld mole rat; LHRH; Reproductive subordination; Seasonal breeding

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCEST; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLE RATS; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 29144431664     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20792     Document Type: Article

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