Hypothalamic Gene Expression Rapidly Changes in Response to Photoperiod in Juvenile Siberian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 991-998

  Herwig, A ^a   Petri, I ^b   Barrett, P ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Growth; Hypothalamus; Melatonin; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; SECRETOGRANIN II; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 84862648403     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02324.x     Document Type: Article

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