The influence of (chronic) elevated levels of endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoids on the (re)activity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal axis using carp (Cyprinus carpio) as a model

Project focus

This study focuses on the influence of (chronic) elevated levels of endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoids on the (re)activity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal axis using carp (Cyprinus carpio) as a model: expression of key genes and UPLC-MS/MS quantification of a full glucocorticoid profile from egg to adult fish.

Keywords

chronic stress, stress physiology, HPI activity, ontogeny, skeletal development, common carp

Researchers: Patricia Alves Pereira (PhD), Johan Aerts (StressChron, PI), Dominique Adriaens (co-supervisor)