The thyrotropin-releasing hormone secretory system in the hypothalamus of the Siberian hamster in long and short photoperiods

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 576-586

  Ebling, Fran J P ^a   Wilson, D ^b   Wood, J ^a   Hughes, D ^a   Mercer, J G ^b   Morgan, P J ^b   Barrett, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridisation; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROBE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CRICETINAE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42149146097     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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