StressChron Framework:
| Project code | 145 |
| Acronym | STRESSBONE |
| Role | Coordinator |
| Research area | Unravelling the fundamentals of glucocorticoid actions across vertebrates |
| Research topic | Glucocorticoid-mediated bone (de)formation |
| Vertebrate | Fish |
| Species | Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
Abstract:
This study focuses on the influence of HPI ontogeny and early life (stress induced) de novo synthesis of glucocorticoids by the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Interrenal axis using carp (Cyprinus carpio) as a model on bone: expression of key genes in stress and bone mediated pathways.
Specifics:
Keywords: fish, HPI, glucocorticoid, stress, bone
Funding: Internal
Status: On-going
Consortium:
Ghent University, Belgium (Aerts J, Briels N, Carbone M, Pereira P)
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Belgium (Aerts J)
Output:
None at present