LH secretion and ovulation following exposure of Arctic charr to different temperature and photoperiod regimes: Responsiveness of females to a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue and a dopamine antagonist

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-218

  Gillet, Christian ^a   Breton, Bernard ^b  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Dopamine; GnRH; LH; Ovulation; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PIMOZIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC CHARR; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONID; SPAWNING; WINTER;

EID: 67349281319     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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