Increased expression of kisspeptin and GnRH forms in the brain of scombroid fish during final ovarian maturation and ovulation

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Selvaraj, Sethu ^a   Kitano, Hajime ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^b   Ohga, Hirofumi ^a   Yoneda, Michio ^c   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^a   Shimizu, Akio ^c   Matsuyama, Michiya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; GnRH; Kiss; Kisspeptins; Mackerel; Pituitary; Spawning cycle

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; KISSPEPTINS; OVARY; OVULATION; PERCIFORMES; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENESIS;

RASTRELLIGER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 84865322751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-10-64     Document Type: Article

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