Review: Regulatory mechanisms of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) synthesis and release in photoperiodic animals

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 APR, 2013, Pages

  Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Gonadotropins; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; QUAIL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 84878890830     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00060     Document Type: Article

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