Distribution and change in number of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-1 neurons following activation of the photoneuroendocrine system in the chick, Gallus gallus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-512

  Kuenzel, Wayne J ^a   Golden, Christopher D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of pallial commissure; Chick; Circumventricular organs; Organum vasculosum of lamina terminalis; Subfornical organ; Sulfamethazine; Terminal fields of GnRH neurons

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; SULFADIMIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHICKENS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOTOPERIOD; SULFAMETHAZINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746429085     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0191-7     Document Type: Article

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