Influence of calcitonin on serum calcium levels of intact or hypophysectomized freshwater catfish Heteropneustes fossilis.
Serum calcium levels were markedly reduced in male freshwater catfish Heteropneustes fossilis following hypophysectomy. The administration of salmon calcitonin to intact fish had no effect on serum calcium level, whereas the same treatment to hypophysectomized fish induced hypocalcemia.
Department of Zoology, University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, 273 009, India.
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D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002397:Catfishes / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*
C028815:salmon calcitonin; D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium