Potential roles for GNIH and GNRH-II in reproductive axis regulation of an opportunistically breeding songbird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Perfito, Nicole ^a   Zann, Richard ^b   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Bentley, George ^a   Hau, Michaela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GnIH; GnRH; HPG axis; Neuroendocrine; Opportunistic breeding; Timing of reproduction; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN I; GONADORELIN II; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

EID: 79959869100     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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