Thyroid hormone and seasonal regulation of reproduction

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-166

  Yoshimura, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Deep brain photoreceptor; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Opsin; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiodism; Thyroid hormone; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MELATONIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLIA; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881311628     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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