Environmental and hormonal influences upon EOD waveform in gymnotiform pulse fish

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 96, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 473-484

  Silva, Ana ^a   Quintana, Laura ^a   Ardanaz, José L ^a   Macadar, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Electric fish; Reproductive cycle; Steroid hormones; Temperature

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS PINNICAUDATUS; BREEDING; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS CARAPO; HORMONAL REGULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0042324293     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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