Activity of the pituitary-gonadal axis is increased prior to the onset of spawning migration of chum salmon

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-70

  Onuma, Takeshi A ^a,b   Sato, Shunpei ^c   Katsumata, Hiroshi ^b   Makino, Keita ^b   Hu, WeiWei ^b   Jodo, Aya ^b   Davis, Nancy D ^d   Dickey, Jon T ^e   Ban, Masatoshi ^c   Ando, Hironori ^a   Fukuwaka, Masa Aki ^c   Azumaya, Tomonori ^c   Swanson, Penny ^e   Urano, Akihisa ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary gonadal axis; Salmon; Spawning migration; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; SEX HORMONE;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GONAD; HAPLOTYPE; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HAPLOTYPES; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITUITARY GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA;

EID: 58149271043     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021352     Document Type: Article

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