Seasonal changes in hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I immunoreactivity in relation with testicular volume in adult male free-living European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-249

  Pinter O ^a,b   Peczely P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

European starling; GnRH I; immunohistochemistry; seasonal reproduction; testes

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PREOPTIC AREA; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARLING; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STARLINGS; TESTIS;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77956046521     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.61.2010.3.1     Document Type: Article

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