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The role of hormones in the acclimation of fish to low temperatures

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The known cases elucidating the role of hormones in the regulation of physiological and biochemical changes which occur when fish are acclimated to low temperatures are sparse, but evidence is accumulating to implicate prolactin, glucagon, insulin and perhaps thyroxine and cortisol in at least some of the physiological adjustments observed in some species. The need for further research on hormonal control mechanisms at work during low-temperature acclimation is discussed, with special emphasis placed on neuroendocrine relationships.

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Many of the studies on killifish described in this review were supported by grants GB 26321, PCM70-00975, and PCM76-11704 from the National Science Foundation.

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Umminger, B.L. The role of hormones in the acclimation of fish to low temperatures. Naturwissenschaften 65, 144–150 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440343

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