Somatolactin (SL) and SL receptor (SLR) belong to the growth hormone and cytokine type I receptor superfamilies, respectively. However, further research is required to define the duplications and functions of SL and its ...

Environmental changes affect gene expression that we addressed in the pituitary, a central regulatory organ at the interface between the central nervous system and the endocrine system. With the aim to reveal effects of ...

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a prominent farmed fish in aquaculture worldwide. Crossbreeding has recently been carried out between the Red-Stirling and the wt Chitralada strains of Nile tilapia, producing a ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the essential oil of Lippia alba (EOLA) as a feed additive on ionoregulatory and metabolic parameters, and pituitary hormones expression in silver catfish, Rhamdia quelen. ...

Somatolactin (SL), a fish hypophyseal hormone involved in background adaptation, reproduction and fatty acid metabolism might be affected by estrogenic endocrine disruptor compounds. Two sl transcripts were detected in ...

The culture conditions in the fish culture can lead to stress situations, contributing to the occurrence of infectious diseases, considered a great challenge for the productive success of this activity. Thus, ...

In recent decades, the global warming has increased the incidence of the hypoxia episodes in the world, changing the freshwater and oceanographic conditions. Thus, hypoxia periods, before seasonal, have occurred more ...