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Edited By
Nicholas Bernier, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Glen Van Der Kraak, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Anthony Farrell, Professor, Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture, UBC Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research (CAER), and Faculty of Land and Food
Systems, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Colin Brauner, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Fish Physiology, 28
Description
The study of fish neuroendocrinology has had a significant impact on our general understanding of the functional roles and evolution of
a variety of neurochemical messengers and systems. Not only do fish possess unique neuroendocrine features, they have also been and
remain an important vertebrate models for the discovery of new neuropeptides. In the last fifty years, neuroendocrinologists have documented
a complex and seemingly infinite number of interactions between hormones and nerve structures. Gradually emerging from this knowledge
is an understanding of the specific neurohormonal pathways and the messengers responsible for maintaining homeostasis in an aquatic environment
and for regulating the functional systems that allow for the highly diverse life histories and reproductive tactics of fish
Despite
its recent growth, breadth and unique attributes, there is no single text covering the discipline of fish neuroendocrinology. In fact,
other than a few mammalian neuroendocrinology textbooks, there is a serious lack of texts in comparative neuroendocrinology. Currently,
information on the anatomical organization and function of the various neuroendocrine systems in fish is only available in original research
papers and reviews.
By providing a current and comprehensive volume that highlights the specific properties of fish neuroendocrinology,
this book will go beyond being the only reference text for fish neuroendocrinologists and will also serve comparative physiologists,
endocrinologists, neuroanatomists and behaviourists interested in understanding the reciprocal actions between the nervous and endocrine
systems.
Audience
Research and Post-graduate scientists studying the physiology, neurobiology and endocrinology of fishes
Comparative physiologists, endocrinologists,
neuroanatomists and behaviourists interested in understanding the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems in all vertebrates
Contents
Section I: Anatomical Neuroendocrinology
1. Neuroendocrine circuits of the fish brain
Jose Miguel Cerda-Reverter and Luis Fabi n Canosa
2. Endocrine targets of the hypothalamus and pituitary
Olivier Kah
Section II: Functional Neuroendocrinology
3. The GnRH system
and the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction
Izhar A. Khan, Glen Van Der Kraak and Peter Thomas
4. Growth hormone regulation
in fish: a multifactorial model with hypothalamic, peripheral, and local autocrine/paracrine signals
John Chang and Anderson Wong
5. The neuroendocrine regulation of prolactin and somatolactin secretion in fish
Shunsuke Moriyama and Hiroshi Kawauchi
6. Regulation
and contribution of the corticotropic, melanotropic, and thyrotropic axes to the stress response in fishes
Nicholas Bernier, Peter Klaren
and Gert Flik
7. Neuroendocrine-immune interactions in teleost fish
Lidy Verburg-van Kemenade, Ellen H. Stolte, Juriaan Metz, Magdalena
Chadzinska
8. The neuroendocrine regulation of fluid intake and fluid balance
Yoshio Takei and Richard Balment
9. The endocrine
regulation of food intake
H l ne Volkoff, Suraj Unniappan and Scott Kelly
10. The neuroendocrine regulation of gut function
Susanne
Holmgren and Catharina Olsson
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Hardbound, 0 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374631-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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