An involvement of vasotocin in oocyte hydration in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: A comparison with effects of isotocin and hCG

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 504-512

  Singh, V ^a   Joy, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catfish; Cations; GVBD; HCG; Isotocin; K+ ATPase; Na+; Oocyte hydration; Ovulation; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ARGIPRESTOCIN; CALCIUM ION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ISOTOCIN; MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CATION TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77951975597     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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