Differential response of GnIH in the brain and gonads following acute stress in a songbird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 227, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-57

  Ernst, Darcy K ^a   Lynn, Sharon E ^b   Bentley, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); Reproduction; Stress; Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; FINCH; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CUES; FEMALE; FINCHES; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84959335184     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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