Correlation of nitric oxide (NO) activity and gonadal function in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica following temporal phase relation of serotonergic and dopaminergic oscillations

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 48-64

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Chaturvedi, Chandra Mohini ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

5 HTP; Japanese quail; l DOPA; NADPH d; Nitric oxide; Nitrite and nitrate; Reproduction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; GONAD; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; DOPAMINE; GONADS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEVODOPA; MALE; NEURONS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PHOTOPERIOD; SEROTONIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 41549132994     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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