Continuous illumination through larval development suppresses dopamine synthesis in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, causing activation of α-MSH synthesis in the pituitary and abnormal metamorphic skin pigmentation in flounder

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-221

  Itoh, Kae ^a   Washio, Youhei ^a   Fujinami, Yuichiro ^b   Shimizu, Daisuke ^b   Uji, Susumu ^c   Yokoi, Hayato ^a   Suzuki, Tohru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flounder; Melanophore; Metamorphosis; Pituitary; Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN); Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH); Melanophore stimulating hormone ( MSH)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DOPAMINE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR DIENCEPHALON; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTINUOUS ILLUMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOUNDER; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; ILLUMINATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT; MELANOPHORE; MELANOTROPH; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84862831264     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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