In vitro evidence that cortisol directly modulates stress-related responses in the skin epidermis of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 9-18

  van der Salm, A L ^a   Nolan, D T ^a   Wendelaar Bonga, S E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cortisol; In vitro incubation; Mucous cell; Oncorhynchus mykiss; PCNA; Proliferation; Skin epidermis; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MITOSIS; MUCOUS CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STRESS;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 8744284442     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000021741.05086.55     Document Type: Article

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