Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Gothilf Y, MunozCueto JA, Sagrillo CA, Selmanoff M, Chen TT, Kah O, Elizur A, Zohar Y (1996) Three forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a perciform fish (Sparus aurata): Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid characterization and brain localization.
Biol. Reprod. 55:636-645.

Gothilf Y, Meiri I, Elizur A, Zohar Y (1997) Preovulatory changes in the levels of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone-encoding messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs), gonadotropin beta-subunit mRNAs, plasma gonadotropin, and steroids in the female gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata. Biol. Reprod. 57:1145-1154.

Hassin S, Gothilf Y, Blaise O, Zohar Y (1998) Gonadotropin-I and -II subunit gene expression of male striped bass (Morone saxatilis) after gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue injection: Quantitation using an optimized ribonuclease protection assay. Biol. Reprod. 58:1233-1240.

Holland MCH, Gothilf Y, Meiri I, King JA, Okuzawa K, Elizur A, Zohar Y (1998) Levels of the native forms of GnRH in the pituitary of the gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, at several characteristic stages of the gonadal cycle. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 112:394-405.

Chow MM, Kight KE, Gothilf Y, Alok D, Stubblefield J, Zohar Y (1998) Multiple GnRHs present in a teleost species are encoded by separate genes: analysis of the sbGnRH and cGnRH-II genes from the striped bass, Morone saxatilis. J. Mol. Endocrinol. 21:277-289.

Meiri I, Gothilf Y, Zohar Y, Elizur A (2002) Physiological changes in the spawning gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, succeeding the removal of males. J. Exp. Zool. 292:555-564.

Okuzawa K, Gen K, Bruysters M, Bogerd J, Gothilf Y, Zohar Y, Kagawa H (2003) Seasonal variation of the three native gonadotropin-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acids levels in the brain of female red seabream. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology 130:324-332.

Wong T-S, Gothilf Y, Zmora N, Kight KE, Meiri I, Elizur A, Zohar Y (2004) Developmental expression of three forms of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and ontogeny of hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Biol. Reprod. 71:1026-1035.

Neuman, A., Gothilf, Y., Haim, A., Ben-Aharon, G., Zisapel, N. (2005) Nocturnal patterns and up-regulated excretion of the melatonin metabolite 6-sulfatoxymelatonin in the diurnal rodent Psammomys obesus post-weaning under a short photoperiod. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 142:297-307

Yashuvi, Y., Klenke, U., Palevitch, O., Abraham, E., Zohar, Y. and Gothilf, Y. (2006) Ontogeny of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) neurons in hybrid striped bass (Morone sp.): Whole-mount in situ hybridization analysis. J. Fish Biol. 68:1-11