Vasoactive intestinal peptide and its role in continuous and seasonal reproduction in birds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-97

  Kosonsiriluk, Sunantha ^a   Sartsoongnoen, Natagarn ^a   Chaiyachet, Orn anong ^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

Equatorial birds; Immunohistochemistry; Native Thai chicken; Photoperiod; Photorefractory; Turkey; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HATCHING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT REFRACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 53349165542     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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