The hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) is the major peptidergic neurosecretory
system through which the brain controls peripheral physiology. The hormones vasopressin …

Teleost fishes are the major group of ray-finned fishes and represent more than one-half of
the total number of vertebrate species. They have experienced in their evolution an …

Neuropeptides have widespread modulatory effects on behaviour and physiology and are
associated with phenotypic transitions in a variety of animals. Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is …

The opportunity to prepare a second edition of a book that was originally written 30 years
ago has provided me with both a challenge and a source of pleas over ure; the former as it …

Vasopressin and its homolog vasotocin regulate hydromineral balance, stress responses,
and social behaviors in vertebrates. In mammals, the functions of vasopressin are mediated …

Hormones play a critical role in maintaining body fluid balance in euryhaline fishes during
changes in environmental salinity. The neuroendocrine axis senses osmotic and ionic …

Secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the fish pituitary, which occurs in
times of stress, is stimulated by several hypothalamic neuropeptides, one of which is …

We have asked whether comparative genome analysis and rat transgenesis can be used to
identify functional regulatory domains in the gene locus encoding the hypothalamic …

Diadromous fishes undergo dramatic changes in osmoregulatory capacity in preparation for
migration between freshwater and seawater. One of the primary hormones involved in …

To identify the neural components in the brain of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) that
receive and relay photoperiodic cues, the neuroanatomical and neurochemical properties of …