Differential regulation of GnRH ligand and receptor genes in the brain and pituitary of Atlantic cod exposed to different photoperiod

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-14

  Hildahl, Jon ^a   Taranger, Geir Lasse ^b   Norberg, Birgitta ^b   Haug, Trude M ^c   Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain pituitary gonad axis; Continual light; Puberty; Reproduction; Teleost

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN GENE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 2 GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 3 GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1B GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2A GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2B GENE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2C GENE; HYPOPHYSIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84869864383     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.09.025     Document Type: Article

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