title: Growth hormone in the visual system: comparative endocrinology.
abstract: Growth hormone (GH) is rarely considered to be involved in ocular development or vision or to be present in the visual system. Basic and clinical studies nevertheless support roles for GH in the ocular function of most vertebrate groups and for its extrapituitary production in ocular tissues. The comparative endocrinology of endocrine, autocrine or paracrine GH in the visual system of vertebrates is the focus of this brief review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7. steve.harvey@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Brent T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baudet
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sauve
authors.forename: Esmond J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D004704:Endocrinology / Q000379:methods*; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone