Central Administration of Chicken Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-II Enhances Courtship Behavior in a Female Sparrow
@article{Maney1997CentralAO, title={Central Administration of Chicken Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-II Enhances Courtship Behavior in a Female Sparrow}, author={Donna L. Maney and Ralph D. Richardson and John C. Wingfield}, journal={Hormones and Behavior}, year={1997}, volume={32}, pages={11-18} }
Like most vertebrates, birds have two forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Chicken GnRH-I (cGnRH-I) is released at the median eminence to elicit gonadotropin release; chicken GnRH-II (cGnRH-II) is thought to be non-hypophysiotropic and its function is unclear. Both forms are hypothesized to act as neurotransmitters in the control of reproductive behavior. In the present study, we implanted chronic cannulae aimed at the third ventricle in female white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia…
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