Changes in arginine vasotocin content in the pituitary of the medaka ( Oryzia latipes) during osmotic stress

• Published in: General and comparative endocrinology Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 327 - 336
• Main Authors: Haruta, Kazuhiko, Yamashita, Tomoo, Kawashima, Seiichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.09.1991; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Arginine Vasopressin - analysis; Binding Sites, Antibody; Binding, Competitive; Biological and medical sciences; Fresh Water; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormones and neuropeptides. Regulation; Hypothalamus. Hypophysis. Epiphysis. Urophysis; Male; Oryzias - physiology; Osmotic Pressure; Pituitary Gland - metabolism; Seawater; Stress, Physiological - metabolism; Vasotocin - analysis; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrine gland; Neuropeptide; Stress; Freshwater environment; Marine environment; Osmotic shock; Vertebrata; Pisces; Neurohypophyseal hormone; Pituitary gland; Vasotocin; Oryzias latipes; Adaptation

Changes in the arginine vasotocin (AVT) neurons of the medaka, Oryzias latipes, during osmotic stress were studied by means of immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassay. AVT neurons were identified by their immunoreactivity to anti-arginine vasopressin serum, which crossreacts with AVT. When freshwa...