Photoperiodic modulation of reproductive physiology and behaviour in the cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Fiszbein, Ana ^a   Cánepa, Maximiliano ^a   Vázquez, Graciela Rey ^a   Maggese, Cristina ^a   Pandolfi, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GnRH; Gonadotropins; Growth hormone; Pituitary; Prolactin; Somatolactin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY HORMONES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 76749161329     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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