Photoperiodic regulation of puberty in seasonal species

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 95-101

  Ebling, Francis J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Puberty; Season; Thyroid hormone; TSH

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE TARGETING; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFUNDIBULUM; LIFESPAN; MALE FERTILITY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANYCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EPENDYMA; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; EPENDYMA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 77953915926     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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