Title : Evidence for the participation of a melanin-concentrating hormone in physiological colour change in the eel.

Pub. Date : 1984 Aug

PMID : 6747502






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1 After transfer of eels from a black to a white background, the melanin concentration in skin melanophores was accompanied by a rapid decline in plasma alpha-MSH titres. Melanins proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
2 Partially purified preparations of teleost melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), free from catecholamines, induced melanin concentration when injected into black-adapted eels and this effect was significantly potentiated by injections of alpha-MSH antiserum. Melanins proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens