Gonadotropin releasing hormone and brooding behavior in the native Thai hen

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 626-636

  Chaiyachet, Orn anong ^a   Chokchaloemwong, Duangsuda ^a   Prakobsaeng, Nattiya ^b   Sartsoongnoen, Natagarn ^c   Kosonsiriluk, Sunantha ^d   Chaiseha, Yupaporn ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b RAJABHAT MAHA SARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NAKHON RATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Brooding behavior; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Native Thai chicken; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BROODING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ANTERIOR MEDIALIS HYPOTHALAMI; NUCLEUS PARAVENTRICULARIS MAGNOCELLULARIS; NUCLEUS SEPTALIS LATERALIS; OVARY CYCLE; PARS MEDIALIS; REGIO LATERALIS HYPOTHALAMI; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

AM; BIRDS; BROODING BEHAVIOR; CHICK-REARING HENS; DA; DOPAMINE; EMINENTIA MEDIANA (MEDIAN EMINENCE); FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FSH; GNRH; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IH; IHC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN; LH; LHY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ME; NATIVE THAI CHICKEN; NCPA; NON-CHICK-REARING HENS; NR; NUCLEUS ANTERIOR MEDIALIS HYPOTHALAMI; NUCLEUS COMMISSURAE PALLII; NUCLEUS INFERIORIS HYPOTHALAMI; NUCLEUS INFUNDIBULI HYPOTHALAMI; NUCLEUS PARAVENTRICULARIS MAGNOCELLULARIS; NUCLEUS SEPTALIS LATERALIS; NUCLEUS SUPRACHAIASMATICUS, PARS MEDIALIS; PBS; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POA; PREOPTIC AREA; PRL; PROLACTIN; PVN; R; REGIO LATERALIS HYPOTHALAMI; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SCNM; SL; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VIP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84880326161     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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