Sex and seasonal co-variation of arginine vasotocin (AVT) and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in the brain of the halfspotted goby

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-144

  Maruska, Karen P ^a,b   Mizobe, Mindy H ^a   Tricas, Timothy C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asterropteryx semipunctata; AVT; Brain; GnRH; Goby; Immunoreactive; Neuromodulator; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERROPTERYX SEMIPUNCTATA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GIANT CELL; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPAWNING; TEGMENTUM; TERRITORIALITY;

ASTERROPTERYX; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; PISCES;

EID: 33947512444     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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