Photoperiodic condition is associated with region-specific expression of GNRH1 mRNA in the preoptic area of the male starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-680

  Stevenson, Tyler J ^a   Bernard, Daniel J ^b   Ball, Gregory F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Key gonadotropin releasing hormone; Neuroendocrinology; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PREOPTIC AREA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STARLINGS;

EID: 74049160851     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.076794     Document Type: Article

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