Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Temporal Variations in Gonadal and Body Fat Responses to Daily Injections of 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Experimental Zoology

ISSN

0022-104X

Publication Date

1-1985

Abstract

Daily injections of dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a dopamine precursor, stimulate large increases in reproductive and body fat indices in gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis, when given 20 hours after daily injections of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), a serotonin precursor. However, DOPA injections are inhibitory when given 8 hours after 5-HTP. The drug effects persist for at least 3 weeks following drug treatment indicating a possible resetting of an endogenous mechanism involved in seasonality.

DOI

10.1002/jez.1402330106

Volume

233

Issue

1

First Page

29

Last Page

34

Comments

©1985 Wiley-Liss Inc.

Peer Reviewed

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