Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, India
Kalarani A, currently working at Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, India. The number of articles published are 42 and the number of times by, are 298 and then the number of reads include are 676. The area of interest in the research was Conservation Biology, Marine biodiversity and their Services.
Research Article
Presence of Neurosteroids and Expression of Neuropeptides in the Brain of Indian Salmon, Eleutheronema tetradactylum
Author(s): Malini H, Kalarani A, Vinodha V and Inbaraj RM*
The Indian Salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) is one of the most commercially significant species with high
nutritional value. This species of fish was abundantly available in India during the early 1950s but it has been fast
declining in the Indian coast in the recent years due to over exploitation and overfishing. Besides, there is very
limited genomic information available on this species. The present study encompasses brain steroid profile using
HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) and gene expression analysis of peptides such as leptin receptor
and insulin receptor-a in the brain of the fish using RT-PCR (Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction). The presence
of different concentrations of steroids such as progesterone and pregnenolone were recorded in the whole brain of
immature and vitellogenic female samples. On the other hand, the.. View more»