Neural systems underlying climax movements in the domestic chicken

Distribution of corticotropin-releasing

Distribution of corticotropin-releasing factor-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of the domestic chicken and Japanese quail

✍ Sabine Richard; Fernando Martínez-García; Enrique Lanuza; D. Ceri Davies 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 942 KB

## Abstract In birds, as in mammals, corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) is present in a number of extrahypothalamic brain regions, indicating that CRF may play a role in physiological and behavioral responses other than the control of adrenocorticotropin hormone release by the pituitary. To provi