Regulation of Cortisol Production by Serotonin and Negative Feedback in the Head Kidney of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Production of the glucocorticoid hormone cortisol in response to a stressor is initiated by activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal (HPI) axis in fish. Serotonin (5-HT) and negative feedback regulate cortisol production at the whole-animal level; the objective of the present thesis was t...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35503 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-461 |