| Description |
x, 264 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to circadian rhythms / Bronisław Cymborowski -- The pineal organ of fish / Jack Falcón ... [et al.] -- Pineal photoreception and temporal physiology in fish / Peter Ekström and Hilmar Meissl -- Melatonin in fish : circadian rhythm and functions / Russel J. Reiter, Dan-Xian Tan and Lucien C. Manchester -- Fishing for links between the circadian clock and cell cycle / Kajori Lahiri and Nicholas S. Foulkes -- The pineal gland as a source of melatonin in fish, and influence of light and temperature on melatonin secretion / Włodzimierz Popek and Elzbieta Ćwioro -- Cellular clocks and the importance of light in zebrafish / David Whitmore -- Feeding rhythms in fish : from behavioral to molecular approach / Jose Fernando López-Olmeda and Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez -- Influence of melatonin on hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis in carp : mechanism and action / Włodzimierz Popek, Ewa Drąg-Kozak and Ewa Łuszczek-Trojnar -- Circadian and seasonal rhythm in secretion of melatonin, dopamine and LH in carp / Włodzimierz Popek, Hanna Natanek and Ewa Łuszczek-Trojnar -- Circadian clocks in retina of goldfish / P.M. Iuvone ... [et al.] |
| Summary |
Each organism has its own internal biological clock, which is reset by environmental cues (Zeitgebers), thus keeping it synchronized with the external environment. It is a chemically based oscillating system within cells, relying on molecular feedback loops. Circadian biological clocks exist in most organisms. What is so special about the clock in fish? Where is it located in the retina? inside the brain? in the pineal? What is the molecular basis of its function? How is the clock able to keep time in the absence of environmental cues? Although biological clocks have been intensively studied over the past four decades, only recently have the tools needed to examine the molecular basis of circadian rhythms become available. The authors review the state of knowledge in sufficient detail and present their latest contribution to the field. There is no doubt that fish provide a unique model of the circadian biological clock --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biological rhythms -- Molecular aspects.
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Circadian rhythms.
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Fishes -- Physiology.
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Fishes -- Reproduction.
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Melatonin.
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Photoreceptors.
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Pineal gland.
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Sexual cycle.
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| Author |
Kapoor, B. G.
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Kulczykowska, Ewa.
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Popek, Wlodzimierz.
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| LC no. |
2009054198 |
| ISBN |
1578086752 (hardcover) |
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9781578086757 (hardcover) |
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