Seasonal differences in hypothalamic EGR-1 and GnIH expression following capture-handling stress in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-287

  Calisi, Rebecca M ^a   Rizzo, Norma O ^a   Bentley, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Krox 24; NGFI A; Reproduction; ZENK; zif268

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; HORMONE RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREEDING; CAPTURE HANDLING STRESS; CELL COUNT; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; FALLING; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW; SPRING; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 46249087279     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.010     Document Type: Review

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