Photorefractoriness in birds-photoperiodic and non-photoperiodic control

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 378-384

  Dawson, Alistair ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; GnIH; GnRH; Non photoperiodic cues; Photoperiodism; Photorefractoriness; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPHIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRD; BREEDING; CLIMATE; EGG LAYING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GONAD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIGHT REFRACTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 34547110800     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.043     Document Type: Short Survey

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