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Fish Physiol Biochem. 1993 Jul;11(1):85-98. doi: 10.1007/BF00004554.

The reproductive brain in fish.

Fish physiology and biochemistry

O Kah, I Anglade, E Leprêtre, P Dubourg, D de Monbrison

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Neurocytochimie Fonctionnelle, URA CNRS 339, Avenue des Facultés, Talence, France.

PMID: 24202464 DOI: 10.1007/BF00004554

Abstract

In fish as in other vertebrates, the brain is actively involved in the control of reproduction, first by participating, under the influence of external factors, in the establishment of an appropriate endocrine status, but also by allowing synchronization of the partners by the time of spawning. It is now well established that the pituitary gonadotropic function is controlled by multiple stimulatory and inhibitory factors, originating mainly from the preoptic region and the mediobasal hypothalamus, both target regions for sexual steroids. Little is known about the mechanisms involved in the mediation of external and internal factors, however there is indication that internal factors, such as androgens and melatonin, known to trigger particular behavioural and endocrine responses, act both at the level of neuroendocrine territories, but also on sensorial systems, which are the actual sites of action for external factors. This paper represents an attempt to summarize and integrate the recent literature devoted to the different aspects of the brain as a major participant in the complex endocrine and behavioural mechanisms of reproduction in fish.

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