Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone inhibits aggressive behavior of male quail by increasing neuroestrogen synthesis in the brain beyond its optimum concentration

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 205, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-54

  Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a,b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Aromatase; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Hypothalamus; Neuroestrogen; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROESTROGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AROMATIZATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; QUAIL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ESTROGENS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; QUAIL;

EID: 84908614962     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.014     Document Type: Review

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