Effects of Environmental Calcium and Replacement Therapy on the Killifish,Fundulus heteroclitus, After the Surgical Removal of the Corpuscles of Stannius
- 1 September 1973
- journal article
- other
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 93 (3) , 705-710
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-93-3-705
Abstract
The removal of Stannius corpuscles elicited hypercalcemia in male killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, maintained in calcium rich sea water. Such a response was absent in fish adapted to calcium-poor fresh water or artificial calciumdeficient sea water. The presence of calcium in food also affected the degree of hypercalcemia. Transplants of the corpuscles or injections of a homogenate of the gland corrected the rise in serum calcium. (Endocrinology93: 705, 1973)Keywords
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