Expression of hypothalamic arginine vasotocin gene in response to water deprivation and sex steroid administration in female Japanese quail

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3025-3033

  Seth, R ^a,b   Kohler A ^b   Grossmann, R ^b   Chaturvedi, C M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Institute for Animal Science FAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin gene; Coturnix coturnix japonica; Dehydration; Japanese quail; Paraventricular nuclei; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; EUKARYOTA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ARGIPRESTOCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COTURNIX; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; VASOTOCIN; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 5444232508     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01118     Document Type: Article

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