Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide - related peptide (PRP) (formerly known as growth hormone releasing hormone-like peptide GHRHLP) can act as a hypophysiotropic factor in several teleosts by stimulating growth hormone (GH) secretion. However, as yet, no information on this peptide as a regulator of reproduction exists. Recently, the full-length PRP cDNA was cloned in the blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) and was found to be expressed in the brain...