Photoperiod-independent hypothalamic regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in a free-living sonoran desert bird, the Rufous-winged Sparrow (Aimophila carpalis)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Small, Thomas W ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b   Bentley, George E ^c   Millar, Robert P ^d   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^e   Mura, Elena ^f   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Brain behavior correlation; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Photoperiod; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CELL SIZE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RAIN; SEASONS; SPARROWS;

AIMOPHILA CARPALIS; AVES;

EID: 38349015371     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111459     Document Type: Article

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