The hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis in birds and its role in bird development and reproduction

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 163-193

  McNabb, F M Anne ^a  

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

Author keywords

Altricial; Avian Development; HPT Axis; Precocial; Thyroid Disruption; Thyroid Function

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LIVER ENZYME; PREALBUMIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BINDING ASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEIODINATION; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEATHER; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IODINATION; LIPOGENESIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOLTING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROID HORMONE RELEASE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; TOXICITY TESTS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847053980     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440601123552     Document Type: Review

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