Interactions of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) in birds and mammals

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 807-814

  Bentley, George E ^a   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Osugi, Tomohiro ^b   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^b   O'Brien, Sara ^b   Perfito, Nicole ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^d   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b   Wingfield, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE, COTURNIX JAPONICA; GONADOTROPIN-INHIBITORY HORMONE, COTURNIX JAPONICA; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MALE; MAMMALS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748483639     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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