Hypothalamic GnRH-I and its precursor during photorefractoriness onset in free-living male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) of different year classes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-156

  Meddle, Simone L ^a,b   Wingfield, John C ^b   Millar, Robert P ^c   Deviche, Pierre J ^d  

^a Summerhall   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Brain; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Photoperiodism; Photorefractoriness; Pro GnRH GAP; Reproduction; Seasonal breeding; Social effects

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUNCO HYEMALIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASON; SOCIAL ASPECT; TESTIS;

EID: 29344437317     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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