Neurons that co-localize aromatase- and kisspeptin-like immunoreactivity may regulate the HPG axis of the Mallard drake (Anas platyrhynchos)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-613

  Saldanha, Colin J ^a   Walters, Bradley J ^a   Fraley, Gregory S ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Hypothalamus; Metastin; Seasonal breeder

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAKE (DUCK); ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

EID: 77951979131     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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