Annual gonadal cycles in birds: Modeling the effects of photoperiod on seasonal changes in GnRH-1 secretion

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-64

  Dawson, Alistair ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; GnRH1; Photoperiodism; Photorefractoriness; Quail; Seasonality; Starling

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRD; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; LATITUDE; LIGHT REFRACTION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GONAD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

EID: 84928760201     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.08.004     Document Type: Review

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