Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and GnRH-associated peptide neurobiology from the rearing period until puberty in the female sheep

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-19

  Wańkowska, Marta ^a   Polkowska, Jolanta ^a  

^a KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

GAP; Gonadoliberin; Immunohistochemistry; Seasonality; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMB; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PUBERTY; REARING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SHEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 67549092933     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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