Annual and diurnal variations in, and effects of altered photoperiod and temperature, ovariectomy, and estradiol-17β replacement on catechol-O-methyltransferase level in brain regions of the catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Joy, K P ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annual diurnal variation; Catechol O methyltransfer; Catfish hypothalamus; E2 feedback; Gonadotropin; Photoperiod temperature

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CATFISH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEGMENTUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATFISHES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; LIGHT; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031914908     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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