Rapid induction of cell proliferation in the adult female ungulate brain (Ovis aries) associated with activation of the reproductive axis by exposure to unfamiliar males

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1146-1151

  Hawken, Penelope A R ^a   De St Jorre, Trina Jorre ^a   Rodger, Jennifer ^a   Esmaili, Tammy ^a   Blache, Dominique ^a   Martin, Graeme B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Female reproductive tract; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hippocampus; LH; Luteinizing hormone; Neurogenesis; Novelty; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SHEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; OVULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 66149140902     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.075341     Document Type: Article

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