Naltrexone attenuates stress-induced suppression of LH secretion in the pituitary gland in the Cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus: Evidence for the opioidergic mediation of reproductive stress response

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 627-636

  Ganesh, C B ^a   Chabbi, Ambarisha ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

endorphin; Luteinizing hormone; Naltrexone; Opioid peptides; Stress; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALTREXONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GONAD; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION (PROCESS); TILAPIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GONADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; LIVER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NALTREXONE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TILAPIA;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877595628     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-012-9725-y     Document Type: Article

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