Stress Neuroendocrinology Lab

Publications

Madison, B. N., Heath, J. W., Heath, D. D., & Bernier, N. J. (2013). Effect of parental mate choice and semi‐natural early rearing environment on the growth performance and seawater tolerance of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Journal of fish biology82(2), 618-636.

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Alderman, S. L., McGuire, A., Bernier, N. J., & Vijayan, M. M. (2012). Central and peripheral glucocorticoid receptors are involved in the plasma cortisol response to an acute stressor in rainbow trout. General and comparative endocrinology,176(1), 79-85.

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Bernier, N. J., Gorissen, M., & Flik, G. (2012). Differential effects of chronic hypoxia and feed restriction on the expression of leptin and its receptor, food intake regulation and the endocrine stress response in common carp. The Journal of experimental biology215(13), 2273-2282.

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Gorissen, M., Bernier, N. J., Manuel, R., de Gelder, S., Metz, J. R., Huising, M. O., & Flik, G. (2012). Recombinant human leptin attenuates stress axis activity in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). General and comparative endocrinology178(1), 75-81.

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Garner, S. R., Madison, B. N., Bernier, N. J., & Neff, B. D. (2011). Behavioural interactions and hormones in naturally and hatchery‐spawned Chinook salmon.Ethology117(1), 37-48.

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Fuzzen, M.L.M., Bernier, N.J., & Van Der Kraak, G. (2011). Differential effects of 17 beta-estradiol and 11-ketotestosterone on the endocrine stress response in zebrafish (Danio rerio).  General and Comparative Endocrinology 170, 365–373

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Perry, S. F., Ellis, K., Russell, J., Bernier, N. J., & Montpetit, C. (2011). Effects of chronic dietary salt loading on the renin angiotensin and adrenergic systems of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology301(3), R811-R821.

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Fuzzen, M. L., Alderman, S. L., Bristow, E. N., & Bernier, N. J. (2011). Ontogeny of the corticotropin-releasing factor system in rainbow trout and differential effects of hypoxia on the endocrine and cellular stress responses during development. General and comparative endocrinology170(3), 604-612.

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Sanderson, L. A., Wright, P. A., Robinson, J. W., Ballantyne, J. S., & Bernier, N. J. (2010). Inhibition of glutamine synthetase during ammonia exposure in rainbow trout indicates a high reserve capacity to prevent brain ammonia toxicity. The Journal of experimental biology213(13), 2343-2353.

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Fuzzen, M. L., Van Der Kraak, G., & Bernier, N. J. (2010). Stirring up new ideas about the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish7(4), 349-358.

Alderman, S. L., & Bernier, N. J. (2009). Ontogeny of the corticotropin-releasing factor system in zebrafish. General and comparative endocrinology164(1), 61-69.

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Gorissen, M., Bernier, N. J., Nabuurs, S. B., Flik, G., & Huising, M. O. (2009). Two divergent leptin paralogues in zebrafish (Danio rerio) that originate early in teleostean evolution. Journal of Endocrinology201(3), 329-339.

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Bernier, N. J., Alderman, S. L., & Bristow, E. N. (2008). Heads or tails? Stressor-specific expression of corticotropin-releasing factor and urotensin I in the preoptic area and caudal neurosecretory system of rainbow trout. Journal of Endocrinology196(3), 637-648.

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Alderman, S. L., Raine, J. C., & Bernier, N. J. (2008). Distribution and regional stressor‐induced regulation of corticotrophin‐releasing factor binding protein in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of neuroendocrinology20(3), 347-358.

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Garner, S. R., Madison, B. N., Bernier, N. J., & Neff, B. D. (2008). Juvenile growth and aggression in diploid and triploid Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum). Journal of Fish Biology73(1), 169-185.

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McCrohan, C., & Bernier, N. (2007). New insights into urotensin endocrinology: From fish to man. General and comparative endocrinology153(1), 241-242.

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Alderman, S. L., & Bernier, N. J. (2007). Localization of corticotropin‐releasing factor, urotensin I, and CRF‐binding protein gene expression in the brain of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Journal of Comparative Neurology502(5), 783-793.

Wright, P. A., Steele, S. L., Huitema, A., & Bernier, N. J. (2007). Induction of four glutamine synthetase genes in brain of rainbow trout in response to elevated environmental ammonia. Journal of Experimental Biology210(16), 2905-2911.

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Bernier, N. J. (2006). The corticotropin-releasing factor system as a mediator of the appetite-suppressing effects of stress in fish. General and comparative endocrinology146(1), 45-55.

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Bernier, N. J., & Craig, P. M. (2005). CRF-related peptides contribute to stress response and regulation of appetite in hypoxic rainbow trout. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology289(4), R982-R990.

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Craig, P. M., Al-Timimi, H., & Bernier, N. J. (2005). Differential increase in forebrain and caudal neurosecretory system corticotropin-releasing factor and urotensin I gene expression associated with seawater transfer in rainbow trout.Endocrinology146(9), 3851-3860.

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Ortega, V. A., Renner, K. J., & Bernier, N. J. (2005). Appetite-suppressing effects of ammonia exposure in rainbow trout associated with regional and temporal activation of brain monoaminergic and CRF systems. Journal of Experimental Biology208(10), 1855-1866.

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Essex-Fraser, P. A., Steele, S. L., Bernier, N. J., Murray, B. W., Stevens, E. D., & Wright, P. A. (2005). Expression of four glutamine synthetase genes in the early stages of development of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in relationship to nitrogen excretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry280(21), 20268-20273.

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Volkoff, H., Canosa, L. F., Unniappan, S., Cerda-Reverter, J. M., Bernier, N. J., Kelly, S. P., & Peter, R. E. (2005). Neuropeptides and the control of food intake in fish. General and comparative endocrinology142(1), 3-19.

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Brauner, C. J., Wang, T., Wang, Y., Richards, J. G., Gonzalez, R. J., Bernier, N. J., … & Val, A. L. (2004). Limited extracellular but complete intracellular acid-base regulation during short-term environmental hypercapnia in the armoured catfish, Liposarcus pardalis. Journal of Experimental Biology207(19), 3381-3390.

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Bernier, N. J., Brauner, C. J., Heath, J. W., & Randall, D. J. (2004). Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport during sustained exercise in diploid and triploid chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences61(9), 1797-1805.

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Brauner, C. J., Matey, V., Wilson, J. M., Bernier, N. J., & Val, A. L. (2004). Transition in organ function during the evolution of air-breathing; insights from Arapaima gigas, an obligate air-breathing teleost from the Amazon. Journal of Experimental Biology207(9), 1433-1438.

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Chin, A., Guo, F. C., Bernier, N. J., & Woo, P. T. (2004). Effect of Cryptobia salmositica-induced anorexia on feeding behavior and immune response in juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Diseases of aquatic organisms,58(1), 17-26.

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Bernier, N. J., Bedard, N., & Peter, R. E. (2004). Effects of cortisol on food intake, growth, and forebrain neuropeptide Y and corticotropin-releasing factor gene expression in goldfish. General and comparative endocrinology135(2), 230-240.

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Bernier, N. J., & Peter, R. E. (2001). The hypothalamic–pituitary–interrenal axis and the control of food intake in teleost fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology129(2), 639-644.

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Bernier, N. J., & Peter, R. E. (2001). Appetite-suppressing effects of urotensin I and corticotropin-releasing hormone in goldfish (Carassius auratus).Neuroendocrinology73(4), 248-260.

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Gilmour, K. M., Perry, S. F., Bernier, N. J., Henry, R. P., & Wood, C. M. (2001). Extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the dogfish, Squalus acanthias: a role in CO2 excretion. Physiological and biochemical zoology74(4), 477-492.

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Lin, X., Volkoff, H., Narnaware, Y., Bernier, N. J., Peyon, P., & Peter, R. E. (2000). Brain regulation of feeding behavior and food intake in fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology126(4), 415-434.

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Perry, S. F., & Bernier, N. J. (1999). The acute humoral adrenergic stress response in fish: facts and fiction. Aquaculture177(1), 285-295.

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Bernier, N. J., Kaiya, H., Takei, Y., & Perry, S. F. (1999). Mediation of humoral catecholamine secretion by the renin-angiotensin system in hypotensive rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of endocrinology160(3), 351-363.

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Bernier, N. J., Lin, X., & Peter, R. E. (1999). Differential expression of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and urotensin I precursor genes, and evidence of CRF gene expression regulated by cortisol in goldfish brain.General and comparative endocrinology116(3), 461-477.

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Bernier, N. J., Gilmour, K. M., Takei, Y., & Perry, S. F. (1999). Cardiovascular control via angiotensin II and circulating catecholamines in the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias. Journal of Comparative Physiology B169(4-5), 237-248.

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Perry, S. F., Gilmour, K. M., Bernier, N. J., & Wood, C. M. (1999). Does gill boundary layer carbonic anhydrase contribute to carbon dioxide excretion: a comparison between dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of experimental biology202(6), 749-756.

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McKendry, J. E., Bernier, N. J., Takei, Y., Duff, D. W., Olson, K. R., & Perry, S. F. (1999). Natriuretic peptides and the control of catecholamine release in two freshwater teleost and a marine elasmobranch fish. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry20(1), 61-77.

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Bernier, N. J., & Perry, S. F. (1999). Cardiovascular effects of angiotensin-II-mediated adrenaline release in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of experimental biology202(1), 55-66.

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Bernier, N. J., Mckendry, J. E., & Perry, S. F. (1999). Blood pressure regulation during hypotension in two teleost species: differential involvement of the renin-angiotensin and adrenergic systems. The Journal of experimental biology,202(12), 1677-1690.

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Reid, S. G., Bernier, N. J., & Perry, S. F. (1998). The adrenergic stress response in fish: control of catecholamine storage and release. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology120(1), 1-27.

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Bernier, N. J., & Randall, D. J. (1998). Carbon dioxide anaesthesia in rainbow trout: effects of hypercapnic level and stress on induction and recovery from anaesthetic treatment. Journal of Fish Biology52(3), 621-637.

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Bernier, N. J., & Perry, S. F. (1997). Angiotensins stimulate catecholamine release from the chromaffin tissue of the rainbow trout. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology42(1), R49.

Bernier, N., & Perry, S. (1996). Control of catecholamine and serotonin release from the chromaffin tissue of the Atlantic hagfish. The Journal of experimental biology199(11), 2485-2497.

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