Expression of kisspeptins in the brain and pituitary of the european sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 933-948

  Escobar, Sebastián ^a   Felip, Alicia ^a   Gueguen, Marie Madeleine ^b   Zanuy, Silvia ^a   Carrillo, Manuel ^a   Kah, Olivier ^b   Servili, Arianna ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; FSH; GnRH; Indexing terms: kisspeptin; Kiss1; Kiss1R; Kiss2; LH; Pituitary; Puberty; Sea bass; Teleost fish

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA2; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 1; KISSPEPTIN 2; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FEMALE; HABENULA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BASS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84872709056     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23211     Document Type: Article

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