Immunohistochemical localization of three GnRH systems in brain and pituitary of Japanese flounder

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1113-1122

  Pham, Ky Xuan ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^b   Shimizu, Akio ^c   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; GnRH; Immunohistochemistry; Japanese flounder

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 35148854515     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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