Social regulation of the electrical properties of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a cichlid fish (Astatotilapia burtoni)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 909-918

  Greenwood, Anna K ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; ASTATOTILAPIA; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CICHLIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4243093991     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.030072     Document Type: Article

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