Testosterone induces testicular development but reduces GnRH-I fiber density in the brain of the House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Deviche, Pierre ^a   Martin, Russell K ^a   Small, Thomas ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; GnRH; Luteinizing hormone; Passerine; Pituitary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33646337648     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.12.024     Document Type: Article

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