TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal Changes of Plasma Prolactin Concentration in the Reproduction of the Crested Newt (Triturus carnifex Laur.)
AU - Mosconi, G.
AU - Yamamoto, K.
AU - Kikuyama, S.
AU - Carnevali, O.
AU - Mancuso, A.
AU - Vellano, C.
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - Plasma prolactin (PRL) and vitellogenin (VTG) concentrations were determined during the annual reproductive cycle of the newt Triturus carnifex Laur. Plasma PRL was measured by a radioimmunoassay using purified newt (Cynops pyrrogaster) PRL as standard and radioligand and its antibodies. Using ELISA, plasma VTG titers were related to ovarian weight. The trends in PRL differed in the two sexes: the PRL changes seemed to be related with vitilellogenic processes in the female, whereas they were more related to reproductive behavior in the male.
AB - Plasma prolactin (PRL) and vitellogenin (VTG) concentrations were determined during the annual reproductive cycle of the newt Triturus carnifex Laur. Plasma PRL was measured by a radioimmunoassay using purified newt (Cynops pyrrogaster) PRL as standard and radioligand and its antibodies. Using ELISA, plasma VTG titers were related to ovarian weight. The trends in PRL differed in the two sexes: the PRL changes seemed to be related with vitilellogenic processes in the female, whereas they were more related to reproductive behavior in the male.
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U2 - 10.1006/gcen.1994.1132
DO - 10.1006/gcen.1994.1132
M3 - Article
C2 - 7821770
AN - SCOPUS:0028021168
SN - 0016-6480
VL - 95
SP - 342
EP - 349
JO - General and Comparative Endocrinology
JF - General and Comparative Endocrinology
IS - 3
ER -