Search Results - "Proudman, J. A."
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Gonadotrophin-Inhibitory Hormone Receptor Expression in the Chicken Pituitary Gland: Potential Influence of Sexual Maturation and Ovarian Steroids
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-09-2008)“…Gonadotrophin‐inhibitory hormone (GnIH), a hypothalamic RFamide, has been found to inhibit gonadotrophin secretion from the anterior pituitary gland originally…”
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Lack of effects of atrazine on estrogen-responsive organs and circulating hormone concentrations in sexually immature female Japanese quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica)
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-10-2006)“…The widely used herbicide, atrazine, has been reported to exhibit reproductive toxicity in rats and amphibians. The present studies investigate toxicity of…”
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Identification of Dopamine, Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone-I, and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Neurones Activated by Electrical Stimulation to the Medial Preoptic Area of the Turkey Hypothalamus: A Potential Reproductive Neuroendocrine Circuit
Published in Journal of neuroendocrinology (01-07-2006)“…The neural and neurochemical substrates regulating reproduction in birds remain vaguely defined. The findings that electrical stimulation in the medial…”
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Effects of body weight and feed allocation during sexual maturation in broiler breeder hens. 2. Ovarian morphology and plasma hormone profiles
Published in Poultry science (01-05-1999)“…The effects of broiler breeder BW and nutrient intake on ovary morphology and plasma reproductive hormone profiles were examined at photostimulation (PS) (21…”
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Effect of Heat Stress on Ovarian Function of Laying Hens
Published in Poultry science (01-08-2007)“…Reproductive failure associated with heat stress is a well-known phenomenon. The mechanism involved in this failure is not clearly understood. In order to test…”
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Immunohistochemical evidence that follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone reside in separate cells in the chicken pituitary
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-06-1999)“…As is the case in other tetrapod species, the chicken gonadotropins LH and FSH consist of a common α subunit and a hormone-specific β subunit. Gonadotrophs…”
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Thyroid hormone and prolactin profiles in male and female turkeys following photostimulation
Published in Poultry science (01-06-2005)“…The turkey hen, a photosensitive bird, will become photorefractory (PR) during the reproductive cycle and will cease laying despite a stimulatory day length…”
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Relative and absolute photorefractoriness in turkey hens: profiles of prolactin, thyroxine, and triiodothyronine early in the reproductive cycle
Published in Poultry science (01-08-2002)“…An experiment was conducted to determine whether a commercial strain of turkey hens exhibits relative photorefractoriness (rPR) during a reproductive cycle and…”
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Increased Proliferative Activity and Programmed Cellular Death in the Turkey Hen Pituitary Gland Following Interruption of Incubation Behavior
Published in Biology of reproduction (01-02-2001)“…Incubation behavior or broodiness in turkey hens is characterized by ovarian regression, hyperprolactinemia, and persistent nesting. Nest-deprivation of…”
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Modulation of in vitro DNA synthesis in the chicken ovarian granulosa cell follicular hierarchy by follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone
Published in Poultry science (01-03-2004)“…Folliculogenesis in domestic hens appears to be controlled by numerous factors, particularly the gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone (LH) and…”
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Effect of a single short-term reduction in photoperiod on photorefractoriness in turkey hens
Published in Poultry science (01-07-2004)“…In a prior study, we reported that a high proportion of hens in a winter-laying flock became relatively photorefractory (rPR) early in the reproductive cycle…”
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Identification of growth-hormone- and prolactin-containing neurons within the avian brain
Published in Cell and tissue research (01-03-2000)“…Prolactin (PRL)- and growth-hormone (GH)-containing perikarya and fibers independent of the anterior pituitary gland have been reported to exist in the central…”
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Photoresponsiveness of turkey breeder hens changes during the egg-laying season: relative and absolute photorefractoriness
Published in Poultry science (01-06-2003)“…Photosensitive species undergo neuroendocrine changes during a reproductive season that cause them to gradually become unresponsive to a photoperiod that…”
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Endocrine Patterns during Aging in the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-05-1999)“…Blood samples were taken from breeding common terns (Sterna hirundo) of known age during two successive breeding seasons to determine if plasma concentrations…”
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Sulfamethazine advances puberty in male chicks by effecting a rapid increase in gonadotropins
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology (01-02-2004)“…A sulfonamide, sulfamethazine (SMZ) has been shown to have a robust, progonadal effect. The mechanism of action of SMZ, however, is unknown. Our hypothesis is…”
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulates prolactin mRNA expression in turkey pituitary cells: effects of dopaminergic drugs
Published in Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (01-05-1996)“…It is well documented that vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a prolactin (PRL)-releasing factor and that dopamine (DA) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter…”
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Immunohistochemical localization of chromogranin A in gonadotrophs and somatotrophs of the turkey and chicken pituitary
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (15-06-2003)“…In the course of producing monoclonal antibodies to turkey prolactin, three monoclonal antibodies to turkey chromogranin A (CgA) were also produced, apparently…”
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FSH- and LH-cells originate as separate cell populations and at different embryonic stages in the chicken embryo
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (01-07-2002)“…The histological distribution of gonadotrophs containing either LH or FSH, but not both gonadotropins, has been demonstrated before in the juvenile and adult…”
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Development of an homologous radioimmunoassay for chicken follicle-stimulating hormone and measurement of plasma FSH during the ovulatory cycle
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Comparative physiology (01-08-1993)“…1. A highly specific and sensitive homologous radioimmunoassay was developed for measurement of chicken follicle stimulating hormone (cFSH). 2. Mammalian…”
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Purification and partial characterization of isoforms of luteinizing hormone from the chicken pituitary gland
Published in Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Biochemistry and molecular biology (01-06-1994)“…Isoforms of chicken luteinizing hormone (cLH) were isolated from chicken pituitaries by differential extraction, sequential chromatography on HPLC cation- and…”
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