New insights into thyroid hormone function and modulation of reproduction in goldfish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Habibi, H R ^a   Nelson, E R ^b   Allan, E R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Aromatase; Estrogen; FSH; Goldfish; LH; Nuclear receptor; Receptor; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; STEROID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GOLDFISH; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; GROWTH STIMULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY; MAMMAL; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 84855203917     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.003     Document Type: Review

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