The Role of Corticosteroids in Nitrogen Excretion of the Gulf Toadfish (Opsanus beta)

In contrast to most teleost fish that are ammoniotelic, the gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) is both facultatively ureogenic and ureotelic. In vivo pharmacological manipulations were used to show that lowering circulating cortisol levels or blocking glucocorticoid receptors (GR) enhanced both urea excre...

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Main Author: Rodela, Tamara
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19929