Exogenous T3 elicits long day-like alterations in testis size and the RFamides kisspeptin and gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in short-day Siberian hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-200

  Henson, Jerad R ^a   Carter, Sara N ^a   Freeman, David A ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

GnIH; Kisspeptin; melatonin; photoperiod; reproduction; thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITOR; KISSPEPTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GNIH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

GNIH; KISSPEPTIN; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; THYROID HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 84878826079     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730413487974     Document Type: Article

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