Histological characterization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the hypothalamus of the South American plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus)

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-321

  Dorfman, Verónica Berta ^a   Fraunhoffer, Nicolás ^a   Inserra, Pablo Ignacio Felipe ^a   Loidl, César Fabián ^b   Vitullo, Alfredo Daniel ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; GnRH; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Lagostomus maximus; Plains vizcacha

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; MAMMAL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RODENTIA;

CAVIA; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052606546     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: 15672387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-011-9335-5     Document Type: Article

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