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Pituitary of "cobalt" variant of the rainbow trout separated from the hypothalamus lacks most pars intermedial and neurohypophysial tissue.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Oct 1993
Kaneko T, Kakizawa S, Yada T
Abstract excerpt
Adenohypophysial cell types and neurohypophysial tissues were investigated in the cobalt variant of the rainbow trout, which possesses an irregularly-shaped pituitary. The pituitary remnant was completely detached from the hypothalamus in all but one fish, in which a remnant was associated with t...
Topics
- Animals
- Electrolytes
- Female
- Fish Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Glycoproteins
- Growth Hormone
- Hormones
- Hydrocortisone
- Hypothalamus
- Male
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior
- Pituitary Hormones
- Prolactin
- Skin Pigmentation
- Thyroxine
- Triiodothyronine