Article
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) cells arise from cranial neural crest and adenohypophyseal regions of the neural plate in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.
Developmental biology - 1 May 2003
Whitlock K E, Wolf C D, Boyce M L
Abstract excerpt
The olfactory placodes generate the primary sensory neurons of the olfactory sensory system. Additionally, the olfactory placodes have been proposed to generate a class of neuroendocrine cells containing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). GnRH is a multifunctional decapeptide essential for the development of secondary sex characteristics in vertebrates as well as a neuromodulator within the central nervous...
Topics
- Animals
- Carbocyanines
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Head
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mutation
- Neural Crest
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior
- Staining and Labeling
- Transcription Factors
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins
- Zinc Finger Protein Gli2