Thyroid hormones and seasonal reproductive neuroendocrine interactions

Reproduction

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Nakao, Nobuhiro ^a   Ono, Hiroko ^a   Yoshimura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; IODOTHYRONINE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BINDING SITE; BIRD; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BREEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 47249161262     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0041     Document Type: Review

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