Temporal relationship between the circulating profiles of melatonin and ovarian steroids under natural photo-thermal conditions in an annual reproductive cycle in carp Catla catla

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-359

  Chattoraj, Asamanja ^a   Seth, Mohua ^a   Basu, Anupam ^b   Shrivastav, T G ^b   Porta, Sepp ^c   Maitra, Saumen Kumar ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Carp; Melatonin; MIH; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; PH; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SERUM; STEROID; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARP; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CATLA CATLA; CYPRINIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67651155959     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: 17444179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09291010802404218     Document Type: Article

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