The endocrinology of 1α-hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch fish: A review

• Published in: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology Vol. 162; no. 2; pp. 73 - 80
• Main Author: Anderson, W. Gary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Animals; carbon; Chondrichthyes; corticosterone; Corticosterone - analogs & derivatives; Corticosterone - analysis; Corticosterone - metabolism; corticosterone receptors; cortisol; Elasmobranch; Elasmobranchii; Elasmobranchii - metabolism; Endocrinology; enzymes; fish; Glucocorticoid; Interrenal; Mineralocorticoid; Stress; stress response; Teleostei; Elasmobranch; Mineralocorticoid; Glucocorticoid; Stress; Interrenal

The endocrine underpinnings of the stress response in fish have been the subject of intense research for well over 50years. Much of the research has focussed on teleost fish and so the endocrine mechanisms for cortisol production, transport and action at the target site have received significant att...