Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on the pituitary-gonad axis in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 289-298

  Sébert, Marie Emilie ^a   Amérand, Aline ^b   Vettier, Aurélie ^b   Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a   Pasqualini, Catherine ^c   Sébert, Philippe ^b   Dufour, Sylvie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CS 93837   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Gonadotropins; Hydrostatic pressure; Reproduction; Teleost

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; SEX HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 34548692804     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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