Social status, breeding state, and GnRH soma size in convict cichlids (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus).

@article{Chee2013SocialSB,
  title={Social status, breeding state, and GnRH soma size in convict cichlids (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus).},
  author={San-San Amy Chee and Walter A S Espinoza and Andrew N Iwaniuk and Janelle M P Pakan and Cristi{\'a}n Guti{\'e}rrez-Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez and Douglas R Wylie and Peter L. Hurd},
  journal={Behavioural brain research},
  year={2013},
  volume={237},
  pages={318-24}
}

• San-San Amy Chee, Walter A S Espinoza, +4 authors Peter L. Hurd
• Published 2013 in Behavioural brain research
• DOI:10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.023

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) expressing neurons in the preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus plays a key role in regulating reproductive function through the control of gonadotropin release. Several studies have illustrated the importance of the social environment in modulating the size of GnRH expressing neurons. In the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni, the size of the soma of GnRH expressing neurons in the POA varies with social status in males, and with breeding state in… CONTINUE READING

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