Effects of tank color on melanin-concentrating hormone levels in the brain, pituitary gland, and plasma of the barfin flounder as revealed by a newly developed time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-256

  Amiya, Noriko ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Yamanome, Takeshi ^b   Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barfin flounder; MCH; Tank color; Time resolved fluoroimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN LEVEL; COLOR; FLOUNDER; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TANK;

EID: 23844527945     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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