Schistocephalus solidus infections increase gonadotropins and gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH3) mRNA levels in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Parasitology International

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-474

  Shao, Yi Ta ^a   Tseng, Yung Che ^b   Trombley, Susanne ^c   Hwang, Pung Pung ^d   Schmitz, Monika ^c   Borg, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FSH ; GnRH2; GnRH3; LH ; MRNA; Schistocephalus solidus; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE II; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE III; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREEDING; CESTODIASIS; FEMALE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SMEGMAMORPHA;

CESTODA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 84861483100     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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