Melanopsin expression in dopamine-melatonin neurons of the premammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus and seasonal reproduction in birds

Neuroscience

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-213

  Kang, S W ^a   Leclerc, B ^a   Kosonsiriluk, S ^a   Mauro, L J ^a   Iwasawa, A ^b   El Halawani, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian reproduction; Dopamine; In situ hybridization; Melanopsin; Real time PCR; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MELANOPSIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HEN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PINEAL BODY; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MELATONIN; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; ROD OPSINS; SEASONS; TURKEYS;

EID: 77955919079     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.082     Document Type: Article

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