Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10301225 Hormones and Behavior 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Mouthbrooding and food deprivation both decrease ovary size and levels of androgens and estrogens. ► Effects of mouthbrooding and food deprivation differ for GnRH and NPY receptors. ► Hypocretin and cholecystokinin mRNAs are highly abundant in the brains of food-deprived females. ► Many, but not all, physiological changes of mouthbrooding may be consequences of food deprivation.
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Food deprivation explains effects of mouthbrooding on ovaries and steroid hormones, but not brain neuropeptide and receptor mRNAs, in an African cichlid fish
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