Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus): Molecular characterization, distribution and effects of fasting

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-21

  Tuziak, Sarah M ^a   Volkoff, Hélène ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetite regulation; Fasting; Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH); MRNA expression; Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE 1; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE 2; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE 3; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HEART; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84873861914     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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