In silver sea bream, hexarelin administration decreased pituitary GH levels compared with saline controls.
In plain wordsIn silver sea bream, hexarelin lowered growth hormone levels in the pituitary compared with saline.
- Peptide
- Hexarelin
- Outcome
- DecreasePituitary GH level
- Study
silver sea breamn: not reported in source
In vivo, whole fish- Comparator
- Saline controls
- Outcome group
- Growth hormone and IGF-1 · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Pituitary levels of GH were unchanged in fish administered exogenous GH but decreased on hexarelin administration, in comparison with saline controls.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
For in-vivo experiments, sea bream were administered recombinant bream GH or the GH secretagogue hexarelin.