Effects of background color on GnRH and MCH levels in the barfin flounder brain

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-93

  Amiya, Noriko ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Yamanome, Takeshi ^b   Yamamori, Kunio ^a   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background color; Barfin flounder; Brain; GnRH; MCH

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOUNDER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 36249007011     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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