Arginine vasotocin a key hormone in fish physiology and behaviour: A review with insights from mammalian models

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Balment, R J ^a   Lu, W ^a   Weybourne, E ^a   Warne, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Arginine vasotocin; Behaviour; Cardiovascular; Fish; Metabolism; Osmoregulation; Reproduction; Seasonality; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FISH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; NATRIURESIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 33646179557     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.12.022     Document Type: Review

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