Tonic activation of brain GnRH immunoreactivity despite reduction of peripheral reproductive parameters in opportunistically breeding zebra finches

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Perfito, Nicole ^a   Bentley, George ^b   Hau, Michaela ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; GnRH; LH; Reproductive timing; Taeniopygia guttata; Testis volume; Water restriction; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; WATER;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMIDITY; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTIS SIZE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33644995347     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090977     Document Type: Article

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