Changes in the immunostaining intensities of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone during ovarian maturation in the female Japanese flounder

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-365

  Pham, Ky Xuan ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Kurita, Yutaka ^b   Shimizu, Akio ^c   Fujinami, Yuichiro ^d   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Immunohistochemistry; Japanese flounder; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTOSTERONE;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 55549117794     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-007-9195-9     Document Type: Article

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