The dopaminergic system in the brain of the native Thai chicken, Gallus domesticus: Localization and differential expression across the reproductive cycle

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Sartsoongnoen, Natagarn ^a   Kosonsiriluk, Sunantha ^a   Prakobsaeng, Nattiya ^a   Songserm, Thaweesak ^b   Rozenboim, Israel ^c   Halawani, Mohamed El ^d   Chaiseha, Yupaporn ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Immunohistochemistry; Native Thai chicken; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EGG; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 53349146584     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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