Studies on the pituitary of ten Kashmir fishes in relation to ovarian cycles with an account of the hypothalamo hypophysical complex in cyprinus carpio communis linn.

Abstract

The present study contains the detailed account of the gross morphology, histology and histophysiologies of pituitary of ten fishes of Kashmir. The cell-counts and seasonal changes in the pituitary are studied in 74 fishes .It also studies the seasonal changes in ovary correlated with pituitary. An attempt is made to unravel the hypothalamo-hypophysical complex of cyprinus Carpio Connunis Linn. Some endocrine experimental observations are made on chizothoras esocinas Hackel. One full chapter is devoted to general knowledge of fish pituitary, the other chapter adds to the history of our knowledge of fish pituitary. The study has revealed an attachment of the pituitary to the brain Laptobasic type in the Kashmir fish , studied for the first time in the study