Expression of kisspeptins and their Receptors, gnrh-1/gnrhr-II-1a and gonadotropin genes in the brain of adult male and female European sea bass during different gonadal stages

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-116

  Alvarado, M V ^a   Carrillo, M ^a   Felip, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

GnRH gonadotropin system; Hypothalamus; Kisspeptin system; Maturation; Pituitary; Teleost

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FEMALE; FSH BETA GENE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GNRH 1 GENE; GNRHR 1A GENE; GNRHR II 1A GENE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADOSOMATIC INDEX; GONADOTROPHIN GENE; GPR54 1B GENE; GPR54 2B GENE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISS1 GENE; KISS2 GENE; LH BETEA GENE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

EID: 84877816779     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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