Gender differences in tryptophan hydroxylase-2 mRNA, serotonin, and 5-hydroxytryptophan levels in the brain of catfish, Clarias gariepinus, during sex differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-104

  Raghuveer, K ^a   Sudhakumari, C C ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a   Kagawa, H ^b   Dutta Gupta, A ^a   Nagahama, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain ontogeny; Serotonin; Sex differentiation; Teleosts; Tryptophan hydroxylase 2

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ENZYME ANTIBODY; FENCLONINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LEVEL; CATFISH; CEREBELLUM; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME SIZE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79951508860     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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