Biological clock in fish / editors, Ewa Kulczykowska, Wlodzimierz Popek, B.G. Kapoor. - 1 online resource (x, 270 pages)

1. Introduction to circadian rhythms / Bronisaw Cymborowski -- 2. The pineal organ of fish / Jack Falcon. [et al.] -- 3. Pineal photoreception and temporal physiology in fish / Peter Ekstrom and Hilmar Meissl -- 4. Melatonin in fish : circadian rhythm and functions / Russeel J. Reiter, Dan-Xian Tan and Lucien C. Manchester -- 5. Fishing for links between the circadian clock and cell cycle / Kajori Lahiri and Nicholas S. Foulkes -- 6. The pineal gland as a source of melatonin in fish, and influence of light and temperature on melatonin secretion / Wodzimierz Popek and Elzbieta Cwioro -- 7. Cellular clocks and the importance of light in zebrafish / David Whitmore -- 8. Feeding rhythms in fish : from behavioral to molecular approach / Jose Fernando Lopez-Olmeda and Francisco Javier Sanchez-Vazquez -- 9. Reproductive rhythms in fish / Catarina Oliveria and Francisco Javier Sanchez-Vazquez -- 10. Influence of melatonin on hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis in carp : mechanism and action / Wlodzimierz Popek, Ewa Drag-Kozak and Ewa uszczek-Trojnar -- 11. Circadian and seasonal rhythm in secretion of melatonin, dopamine and LH in carp / Wlodzimierz Popek, Hanna Natanek and Ewa uszczek-Trojnar -- 12. Circadian clocks in retina of goldfish / P.M. Iuvone. [et al.].

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10.1201/b10170 doi


Fishes--Physiology.
Circadian rhythms.
Biological rhythms--Molecular aspects.
Melatonin.
Pineal gland.
Photoreceptors.
Fishes--Reproduction.
Sexual cycle.

QL639.1 / .B56 2010

571.817 / B615