Effects of in vivo treatment with the dopamine antagonist pimozide and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) on the reproductive axis of Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-245

  Guzmán, José M ^a   Cal, Rosa ^b   García López, Ángel ^c   Chereguini, Olvido ^b   Kight, Katherine ^d   Olmedo, Mercedes ^b   Sarasquete, Carmen ^c   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^e   Peleteiro, José B ^b   Zohar, Yonathan ^d   Mañanós, Evaristo L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dopamine; FSH; GnRH; LH; Pimozide; Senegalese sole; Spawning; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PIMOZIDE; SEX HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLATFISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 78650520619     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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