1. Preface

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Molecular endocrinology of oocyte growth and maturation in fish

   • Yoshitaka Nagahama
   • Michiyasu Yoshikuni
   • Minoru Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 14

3. Specific binding of [³H]17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one to oocyte cortices of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

   • Michiyasu Yoshikuni
   • Naoki Shibata
   • Yoshitaka Nagahama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 24

4. Intracellular mechanisms mediating gonadotropin and growth hormone release in the goldfish, Carassius auratus

   • John P. Chang
   • Richard M. Jobin
   • Anderson O. L. Wong

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 33

5. Involvement of protein kinase C in the modulation of gonadotropin and growth hormone secretion from dispersed goldfish pituitary cells

   • Richard M. Jobin
   • John P. Chang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 42

6. Extrapituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) binding sites in goldfish

   • Hamid R. Habibi
   • Debananda Pati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49

7. Intracellular mediation of GnRH action on GTH release in tilapia

   • Berta Levavi-Sivan
   • Zvi Yaron

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 59

8. Control of salmon pituitary hormone gene expression

   • Fei Xiong
   • Ronald Chin
   • Choy L. Hew

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

9. The regulatory effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone on growth hormone secretion from the pituitary of common carp in vitro

   • Xin-Wei Lin
   • Hao-Ren Lin
   • Richard E. Peter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 76

10. Dopamine functions as a growth hormone-releasing factor in the goldfish, Carassius auratus

    • Anderson O. L. Wong
    • John P. Chang
    • Richard E. Peter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 84

11. The reproductive brain in fish

    • Olivier Kah
    • Isabelle Anglade
    • David de Monbrison

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 98

12. Differential distribution and response to experimental sexual maturation of two forms of brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla

    • Sylvie Dufour
    • Maïté Montero
    • Yves-Alain Fontaine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 106

13. The feedback regulation of pituitary GTH-II secretion in male African catfish (Clarias gariepinus): Participation of 11-ketotestosterone

    • R. W. Schulz
    • H. Paczoska-Eliasiewicz
    • H. J. Th. Goos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 115

14. Cloning and sequence analysis of hypothalamus cDNA encoding tilapia melanin-concentrating hormone

    • Diet Gröneveld
    • Mark J. Hut
    • Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124

15. Neuroimmunological regulation of α-MSH release in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

    • P. H. M. Balm
    • P. Pepels
    • S. E. Wendelaar Bonga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 130

16. GABA-ergic control of prolactin release in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) pituitaries in vitro

    • Patrick Prunet
    • Jean-François Gonnard
    • Gilles Paboeuf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 137

17. Catecholamine synthesis in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) brain: modulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity

    • C. Saligaut
    • S. Bennani
    • T. Bailhache

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 144

18. Adaptations versus accommodations: some neuroendocrine aspects in teleost fish

    • Y. -A. Fontaine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 154

19. Osmoregulatory actions of growth hormone and its mode of action in salmonids: A review

    • Tatsuya Sakamoto
    • Stephen D. McCormick
    • Tetsuya Hirano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 164

20. Triiodothyronine is necessary for the action of growth hormone in acclimation to seawater of brown (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    • Jacques Leloup
    • Jean-Marc Lebel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 173

21. Plasma somatolactin levels in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) during smoltification and sexual maturation

    • Mariann Rand-Weaver
    • Penny Swanson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 182

22. Biochemistry and physiology of a family of eel natriuretic peptides

    • Yoshio Takei
    • Richard J. Balment

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 188

23. Arginine vasotocin and fish osmoregulation

    • R. J. Balment
    • J. M. Warne
    • N. Hazon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 194

24. β-adrenergic signal transduction in fish: interactive effects of catecholamines and cortisol

    • Steve F. Perry
    • Scott D. Reid

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 203

25. Branchial calcium uptake: possible mechanisms of control by stanniocalcin

    • Pieter M. Verbost
    • Gert Flik
    • Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 215

26. Growth hormone (GH) and reproduction: a review

    • Florence Le Gac
    • Odile Blaise
    • Claudine Weil

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 232

27. Changes in levels of GnRH in the brain and pituitary and GTH in the pituitary in male masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou, from hatching to maturation

    • Masafumi Amano
    • Katsumi Aida
    • Yoshihisa Hasegawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 240

28. Ultrastructural characteristics of two distinct gonadotropes (GTH I- and GTH II-cells) in the pituitary of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

    • Nobuko Naito
    • Kunimasa Suzuki
    • Yasumitsu Nakai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 246

29. Insulin and IGF-I receptors and tyrosine kinase activity in carp ovaries: changes with reproductive cycle

    • J. Gutiérrez
    • M. Párrizas
    • J. Planas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 254

30. GTH-cells in the pituitary of the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, during gonadal maturation: an immuno-electron microscopical study

    • M. A. Zandbergen
    • C. A. van Branden
    • J. Peute

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 263

31. Effects of thyroid hormone on gonadotropin-induced steroid production in medaka, Oryzias latipes, ovarian follicles

    • Kiyoshi Soyano
    • Toshihiko Saito
    • Kohei Yamauchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 272

32. Isolation and expression of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) ovarian cDNA encoding 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ⁵⁻⁴-isomerase

    • Noriyoshi Sakai
    • Minoru Tanaka
    • Yoshitaka Nagahama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 279

33. Androgen metabolism in the skin of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    • M. Latz
    • R. Reinboth

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 286

34. In vitro synthesis of 20α-reduced and of 11- and 21-oxygenated steroids and their sulfates by testes of the goldfish (Carassius auratus): Testicular synthesis of corticosteroids

    • D. E. Kime
    • A. P. Scott

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 292

35. Stimulatory and inhibitory regulation of DNA synthesis during spermatogenesis: studies in Squalus acanthias

    • Francesc Piferrer
    • Michael Redding
    • Gloria Callard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 298

36. Cell-cell interactions in the testis of the dogfish: stage-related changes in protein synthesis

    • Pascal Sourdaine
    • Bernard Jégou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 309

37. Thyroid hormone deiodinase systems in salmonids, and their involvement in the regulation of thyroidal status

    • J. G. Eales
    • D. L. MacLatchy
    • R. M. Sweeting

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 321

38. Flounder metamorphosis: its regulation by various hormones

    • Evelyn Grace de Jesus
    • Tetsuya Hirano
    • Yasao Inui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 328

39. Dietary effects on thyroid hormones in the red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

    • Duncan S. MacKenzie
    • Hae Young Moon
    • Lisa R. Perez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 335

40. Effect of restricted access to demand-feeders on diurnal pattern of liver composition, plasma metabolites and hormone levels in Oncorhynchus mykiss

    • T. Boujard
    • S. Brett
    • J. F. Leatherland

    OriginalPaper Pages: 337 - 344

41. All-fish gene constructs for growth hormone gene transfer in fish

    • Benzion Cavari
    • Yunhan Hong
    • Manfred Schartl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 352

42. Preparation and comparison of biological properties of recombinant carp (Cyprinus carpio) growth hormone and its Cys-123 to Ala mutant

    • Mira Fine
    • Edna Sakal
    • Arieh Gertler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 361

43. Growth enhancement following dietary delivery of recombinant porcine somatotropin to diploid and triploid coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)

    • Ewen McLean
    • Edward M. Donaldson
    • Lawrence M. Souza

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 369

44. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) mRNA expression in coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch: Tissue distribution and effects of growth hormone/prolactin family proteins

    • Cumming Duan
    • Stephen J. Duguay
    • Erika M. Plisetskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 379

45. Development of a protein binding assay for teleost insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-like: relationships between growth hormone (GH) and IGF-like in the blood of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    • Ping-De Niu
    • Jaime Perez-Sanchez
    • Pierre-Yves Le Bail

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 391

46. Hormonal influences on in vitro [³⁵S]-sulfate uptake by gill arches from the goldfish (Carassius auratus L.)

    • Tracy A. Marchant
    • Brenda M. Moroz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 399

47. Insulin binding to isolated hepatocytes of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

    • Erika M. Plisetskaya
    • Elena Fabbri
    • Celestina Ottolenghi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 409

48. Binding and bioactivity of insulin in primary cultures of carp (Cyprinus carpio) hepatocytes

    • Helmut Segner
    • Ralf Böhm
    • Werner Kloas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 420

49. Insulin stimulates hepatic lipogenesis in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    • Darrin J. Cowley
    • Mark A. Sheridan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 428

50. Metabolic and endocrine functions of glucagon-like peptides — evolutionary and biochemical perspectives

    • Thomas P. Mommsen
    • Erika M. Plisetskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 438