GnRHa-mediated stimulation of the reproductive endocrine axis in captive Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-64

  Rosenfeld, H ^a   Mylonas, C C ^b   Bridges, C R ^c   Heinisch, G ^a   Corriero, A ^d   Vassallo Aguis, R ^e   Medina, A ^f   Belmonte, A ^g   Garcia, A ^h   De la Gandara F ^h   Fauvel, C ⁱ   De Metrio, G ^d   Meiri Ashkenazi, I ^a   Gordin, H ^a   Zohar, Y ^j  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences   (Malta)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^g Tuna Graso SA   (Spain)

^h Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Controlled release implant; GnRH; LH; Maturational inducing steroid; Spawning

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GERMINAL VESICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; THUNNUS THYNNUS; TUNA; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84855198528     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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