An immunohistochemical study of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in solitary Cape mole-rats, Georychus capensis, and social Natal mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis

Neuroscience

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-173

  Oosthuizen, M K ^a,b   Bennett, N C ^a   Coen, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dominance; GnRH; LHRH; reproductive suppression; seasonal breeding; subordination

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLE RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54549107641     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.054     Document Type: Article

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