Much of the understanding of the endocrine basis of stress in fish comes from studies of
cultured stocks of teleosts; there is comparatively little information on stress responses in …

Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the related urocortin peptides mediate behavioral,
cognitive, autonomic, neuroendocrine and immunologic responses to aversive stimuli by …

1. Introduction 1.1. The Fish Forebrain 1.2. Stress 2. Stress and the Brain: The (Neuro-)
Endocrine Hypothalamus 2.1. Fundamental Axes Interact 2.2. The CRF System 2.3 …

A characteristic feature of the behavioural response to intensely acute or chronic stressors is
a reduction in appetite. In fish, as in other vertebrates, the corticotropin-releasing factor …

1. Introduction 2. Molecular Regulation of the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Interrenal (HPI) Axis
2.1. Hypothalamus 2.2. Pituitary 2.3. Head Kidney (Interrenal Tissue) 3. Genomic Cortisol …

The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system in fish functions to maintain homeostasis
during stress in part by regulating cortisol production via the hypothalamus–pituitary …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the regulatory pathways, the targets, the
functions, and the interactions among the corticotropic, melanotropic, and thyrotropic axes …

Cortisol, the primary circulating corticosteroid in teleosts, is elevated during stress following
activation of the hypothalamus–pituitary–interrenal (HPI) axis. Cortisol exerts genomic …

Feeding behavior is a complex behavior that is closely associated with food intake. Fish
have a wide variety of feeding habits and feeding patterns making them good experimental …

Our current understanding of the corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) system distribution in
the teleost brain is restricted by limited immunohistochemical studies and a lack of complete …