Photoperiod-independent changes in immunoreactive brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a free-living, tropical bird

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-44

  Moore, Ignacio T ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Wotus, Cheryl ^c   Wingfield, John C ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; GnRH; Reproduction; Tropics; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; VERTEBRATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 33745112681     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093059     Document Type: Article

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