Corticotropin-releasing factor and neuropeptide Y mRNA levels are elevated in the preoptic area of socially subordinate rainbow trout

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 260-271

  Doyon, C ^a   Gilmour, K M ^b   Trudeau, V L ^a   Moon, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; CRF; Fish; HPI axis; NPY; Rainbow trout; Ribonuclease protection assay; Social stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; TELENCEPHALON; TROUT;

EID: 0043123126     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00195-3     Document Type: Article

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