Evidence that acute stress inhibits ovarian steroidogenesis in rainbow trout in vivo, through the action of cortisol

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-237

  Pankhurst, N W ^a   Van Der Kraak, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033967343     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7401     Document Type: Article

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