The pituitary gonadotropins luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
regulate steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis by activating receptors expressed by …

This paper reviews a series of recent studies on the effect of adaptation to chronic stress on
pubertal development in the common carp. In pre-pubertal male common carp adaptation to …

The secretion of gonadotropic hormone (GTH) from the pituitary of teleosts is considered to
be regulated by neuropeptides and neuroamines of cerebral origin and steroid hormones …

A putative FSH receptor (FSH-R) cDNA was cloned from African catfish testis. Alignment of
the deduced amino acid sequence with other (putative) glycoprotein hormone receptors and …

In Kenya potato is an important food crop, second after maize. Potatoes are grown on
128,000 ha per year with average yields of about 8 tonnes per ha. The yield is far below its po-…

Reproduction of the African catfish under hatchery conditions depends on the artificial
induction of egg maturation and ovulation. In this study the combination of pimozide/LHRHa as …

A study of the annual ovarian cycle of the flounder, Pleuronectes flesus, was made,
describing the different stages of germ cell maturation and the different phases of ovarian …

The goldfish pituitary contains two classes of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
binding sites, a high affinity/low capacity site and a low affinity/high capacity site (Habibiet al. …

The onset and regulation of puberty is determined by functional development of the brain-pituitary-gonad
(BPG) axis. Stress has been shown to interfere with reproduction and the …

Radiofrequency current lesions destroying a substantial portion of the nucleus lateral tuberis
(NLT) of gravid female goldfish caused ovulation within 2–4 days in spite of the fish being …