Distribution of gonadotropin releasing-hormone-II in the house sparrow brain (Passer domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-105

  Stevenson, Tyler J ^a   Arckens, Lutgarde ^b   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Immunoreactivity; LHRH; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 33845188063     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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