Attenuation of diurnal rhythms in plasma levels of melatonin and cortisol, and hypothalamic contents of vasotocin and isotocin mRNAs in pre-spawning chum salmon

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-68

  Saito, Daisuke ^a   Shi, Qiong ^a,b   Ando, Hironori ^a   Urano, Akihisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chum salmon; Cortisol; Diurnal rhythm; Melatonin; Semelparous reproduction; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; FRESH WATER; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOTOCIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMATURITY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING;

EID: 1942439758     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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