Effect of maternal deprivation on the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and GnRH-associated peptide neurobiology in lambs during the transition from infancy to prepuberty.

Using morphological criteria we describe the effect of maternal deprivation on the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and GnRH-associated peptide (GAP) of the GnRH prohormone (proGnRH) in the preoptic area (POA)-hypothalamus during the weaning period. The immunohistochemical GnRH- and GAP-neuroa...

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Main Authors: Jolanta Polkowska, Marta Wańkowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2010-06-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4246