The pituitary-thyroid axis during the parr-smolt transformation of Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch: Quantification of TSH β mRNA, TSH, and thyroid hormones

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-372

  Larsen, Donald A ^a   Swanson, Penny ^a   Dickhoff, Walton W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Salmon; Smoltification; Thyroid hormones; Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79953764051     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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