Androgen feedback effects on LH and FSH, and photoperiodic control of reproduction in male three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-23

  Shao, Yi Ta ^a   Arvidsson, Mia ^a   Trombley, Susanne ^b   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^c   Schmitz, Monika ^b   Borg, Bertil ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feedback; Fshb; Lhb; MRNA; Photoperiod; Reproduction; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FADROZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84871433811     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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