2018
Sower, SA. 2018. Landmark Discoveries in Elucidating the Origins of the Hypothalamic-pituitary System from the Perspective of a Basal Vertebrate, Sea Lamprey. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. 264, 3-15. PDF
Profiles in Comparative Endocrinology: Stacia A. Sower. Editorial. 2018. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 1-2. PDF
Krist N. Hausken, Belen Tizon, Michal Shpilman, Shannon Barton, Wayne Decatur, David Plachetzki, Scott Kavanaugh, Sabah Ul-Hasan, Berta Levavi-Sivan, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Cloning and Characterization of a Second Lamprey Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Thyrostimulin (GpA2/GpB5). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 16-27. PDF
Krist N. Hausken, Timothy J. Marquis, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Expression of Two Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors in Larval, Parasitic Phase, and Adult Sea Lampreys. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 39-47. PDF
Emily R. Van Gulick, Timothy J. Marquis, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Co-localization of Three Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Transcripts in Larval, Parasitic , and Adult Sea Lamprey Brains. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 84-93. PDF
Profiles in Comparative Endocrinology: Stacia A. Sower. Editorial. 2018. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 1-2. PDF
Krist N. Hausken, Belen Tizon, Michal Shpilman, Shannon Barton, Wayne Decatur, David Plachetzki, Scott Kavanaugh, Sabah Ul-Hasan, Berta Levavi-Sivan, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Cloning and Characterization of a Second Lamprey Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormone, Thyrostimulin (GpA2/GpB5). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 16-27. PDF
Krist N. Hausken, Timothy J. Marquis, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Expression of Two Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors in Larval, Parasitic Phase, and Adult Sea Lampreys. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 39-47. PDF
Emily R. Van Gulick, Timothy J. Marquis, Stacia A. Sower. 2018. Co-localization of Three Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Transcripts in Larval, Parasitic , and Adult Sea Lamprey Brains. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 264, 84-93. PDF
2017
Hausken, KN, TJ Marquis and SA Sower. 2017. Expression of two glycoprotein hormone receptors in larval, parasitic phase, and adult sea lampreys. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. In Press. PDF
Sower, SA. 2017. Landmark discoveries in elucidating the origins of the hypothalamic-pituitary system from the perspective of a basal vertebrate, sea lamprey. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. In Press. PDF
Marquis TJ, M Nozaki, W Fagerberg, and SA Sower. 2017. Comprehensive Histological and Immunological Studies Reveal a Novel Glycoprotein Hormone and Thyrostimulin Expressing Proto-Glycotrope in the Sea Lamprey Pituitary. Cell Tissue Res. 367, 311-388. Highlighted in: Biomedical Advances, Editors' Picks, August 2017. PDF
Van Gulick ER, TJ Marquis and SA Sower. 2017. Co-localization of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone transcripts in larval, parasitic, and adult sea lamprey brains. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. In Press. PDF
Sower SA and Hausken KN. 2017. A lamprey view on the origins of neuroendocrine regulation of the thyroid axis. Mol Cell Endocrinol. Article in Press. PDF
Marquis TJ, M Nozaki, W Fagerberg, and SA Sower. 2017. Comprehensive Histological and Immunological Studies Reveal a Novel Glycoprotein Hormone and Thyrostimulin Expressing Proto-Glycotrope in the Sea Lamprey Pituitary. Cell Tissue Res. 367, 311-388. PDF
Sower, SA. 2017. Landmark discoveries in elucidating the origins of the hypothalamic-pituitary system from the perspective of a basal vertebrate, sea lamprey. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. In Press. PDF
Marquis TJ, M Nozaki, W Fagerberg, and SA Sower. 2017. Comprehensive Histological and Immunological Studies Reveal a Novel Glycoprotein Hormone and Thyrostimulin Expressing Proto-Glycotrope in the Sea Lamprey Pituitary. Cell Tissue Res. 367, 311-388. Highlighted in: Biomedical Advances, Editors' Picks, August 2017. PDF
Van Gulick ER, TJ Marquis and SA Sower. 2017. Co-localization of three gonadotropin-releasing hormone transcripts in larval, parasitic, and adult sea lamprey brains. Gen. Comp. Endocrinology. In Press. PDF
Sower SA and Hausken KN. 2017. A lamprey view on the origins of neuroendocrine regulation of the thyroid axis. Mol Cell Endocrinol. Article in Press. PDF
Marquis TJ, M Nozaki, W Fagerberg, and SA Sower. 2017. Comprehensive Histological and Immunological Studies Reveal a Novel Glycoprotein Hormone and Thyrostimulin Expressing Proto-Glycotrope in the Sea Lamprey Pituitary. Cell Tissue Res. 367, 311-388. PDF
2016
Nozaki M and SA Sower. 2016. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Endocrine System in the Hagfish. Chapt 9, pg 227-256 In: Hagfish Biology, Editors Susan L. Edwards and Greg G. Goss, CRC Press
Clemens BJ, CB Schreck, SA Sower and SJ van de Wetering. 2016. Some potential selection factors against successful spawning by “stream maturing” Pacific lamprey, Entosphenus tridentatus (Gairdner, 1836). Chapt. 12. In: Jawless Fishes of the World. Vol 1. Editors Alexei Orlov and Richard J.Beamish. Cambridge Scholars.
Platchetzki DC, Tsai PS, Kavanaugh SI, and Sower SA. 2016. Ancient origins of metazoan gonadotropin releasing hormone and their receptors revealed by phylogenomic analyses: functional and nomenclature implications. Gen Comp Endocrine. PDF
Clemens BJ, CB Schreck, SA Sower and SJ van de Wetering. 2016. Some potential selection factors against successful spawning by “stream maturing” Pacific lamprey, Entosphenus tridentatus (Gairdner, 1836). Chapt. 12. In: Jawless Fishes of the World. Vol 1. Editors Alexei Orlov and Richard J.Beamish. Cambridge Scholars.
Platchetzki DC, Tsai PS, Kavanaugh SI, and Sower SA. 2016. Ancient origins of metazoan gonadotropin releasing hormone and their receptors revealed by phylogenomic analyses: functional and nomenclature implications. Gen Comp Endocrine. PDF
2015
Sower SA., 2015. Breaking dogma on the hypothalamic-pituitary anatomical relations in vertebrates. Endocrinology. 156, 3882-3884. PDF
Sower SA, Decatur WA, Hausken KN, Marquis TJ, Barton SL, Gargan J, Freamat M, Wilmot M, Hollander L, Hall JA, Nozaki M, Shpilman M, Levavi-Sivan B., 2015. Emergence of an ancestral glycoprotein hormone in the pituitary of the sea lamprey, a basal vertebrate. Endocrinology. 156, 3026-3037. PDF
Morin SJ, Decatur WA, Breton TS, Marquis TJ, Hayes MK, Berlinsky DL, Sower SA., 2015. Identification and expression of GnRH2 and GnRH3 in the black sea bass (Centropristis striata), a hermaphroditic teleost. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2, 383-395. PDF
Breton TS, DiMaggio MA, Sower SA, Berlinsky DL., 2015. Brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) and gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh2 and gnrh3) expression during reproductive development and sex change in black sea bass (Centropristis striata). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 181, 45-53. PDF
Sower SA. 2015. Chapter 7, The Reproductive Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis in Lampreys. In: Docker MF, Editor. Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control. Netherlands: Springer. p. 305-373. PDF
Sower SA, Decatur WA, Hausken KN, Marquis TJ, Barton SL, Gargan J, Freamat M, Wilmot M, Hollander L, Hall JA, Nozaki M, Shpilman M, Levavi-Sivan B., 2015. Emergence of an ancestral glycoprotein hormone in the pituitary of the sea lamprey, a basal vertebrate. Endocrinology. 156, 3026-3037. PDF
Morin SJ, Decatur WA, Breton TS, Marquis TJ, Hayes MK, Berlinsky DL, Sower SA., 2015. Identification and expression of GnRH2 and GnRH3 in the black sea bass (Centropristis striata), a hermaphroditic teleost. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2, 383-395. PDF
Breton TS, DiMaggio MA, Sower SA, Berlinsky DL., 2015. Brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) and gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh2 and gnrh3) expression during reproductive development and sex change in black sea bass (Centropristis striata). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 181, 45-53. PDF
Sower SA. 2015. Chapter 7, The Reproductive Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis in Lampreys. In: Docker MF, Editor. Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control. Netherlands: Springer. p. 305-373. PDF
2013
Freamat M, Sower SA., 2013. Integrative Neuro-Endocrine Pathways in the Control of Reproduction in Lamprey: A Brief Review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 4 (151) 1-10. Review. PDF
Decatur W.A., Hall J.A., Smith J.J., Li W., Sower S.A., 2013. Insight from the Lamprey Genome: Glimpsing Early Vertebrate Development via Neuroendocrine-Associated genes and Shared Synteny of Gonadotropin-Releasing hormone (GnRH). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 192, 237-245. PDF
Ellens E.R., Kittilson J.D., Hall J.A., Sower S.A., Sheridan M.A., 2013. Evolutionary origin and divergence of the growth hormone receptor family: Insight from studies on sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 192, 222-236. PDF
Clemens, B.J., S. van de Wetering, S.A. Sower and C.B. Schreck. 2013. Maturation characteristics and life-history strategies of the Pacific lamprey,Entosphenus tridentatus. Can J. Zool. 91, 775-788. PDF
Hall J.A., Decatur W.A., Daukss D.M., Hayes M.K., Marquis T.J., Morin S.J., Kelleher T.F., Sower S.A., 2013. Expression of three GnRH receptors in specific tissues in male and female sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus at three distinct life stages. Front Neurosci. 7 (88) 1-9. PDF
Smith, J.J., Kuraku, S., Holt, C., Sauka-Spengler, T., Jiang, N., Campbell, M.S., Yandell, M.D., Manousaki, T., Meyer, A., Bloom, O.E., Morgan, J.R., Buxbaum,J.D., Sachidanandam, R., Sims, C., Garruss, A.s., Cook, M., Krumlauf, R., Wiedemann, L.M., Sower, S.A., Decatur, W.A., Hall, J.A., Amemiya, C.T., Saha, N.R., Buckley, K.M., Rast, J.P., Das, S., Hirano, M., McCurley, N., Guo, P., Rohner, N., Tabin, C.J., Piccinelli, P., Elgar, G., Ruffier, M., Aken, B.L., Searle, S.M.J., Muffato, M., Pignatelli, M., Herrero, J., Jones, M., Brown, C.T., Chung-Davidson, Y., Nanlohy, K.G., Libants, S.V., Yeh, C., McCauley, D.W., Langeland, J.A., Pancer, Z., Fritzsch, B., de Jong, P.J., Zhu, B., Fulton, L.L., Theising, B., Flicek, P., Bronner, M.E., Warren, W.C., Clifton, S.W., Wilson, R.K., Li, W., 2013. Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution. 45, 415–421. PDF
Uchida, K., Moriyama, S., Sower, S. A. and Nozaki, M., 2013. Glycoprotein hormone in the pituitary of hagfish and its evolutionary implications. Fish Physiol Biochem. 39 (1):75-83. PDF
Decatur W.A., Hall J.A., Smith J.J., Li W., Sower S.A., 2013. Insight from the Lamprey Genome: Glimpsing Early Vertebrate Development via Neuroendocrine-Associated genes and Shared Synteny of Gonadotropin-Releasing hormone (GnRH). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 192, 237-245. PDF
Ellens E.R., Kittilson J.D., Hall J.A., Sower S.A., Sheridan M.A., 2013. Evolutionary origin and divergence of the growth hormone receptor family: Insight from studies on sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 192, 222-236. PDF
Clemens, B.J., S. van de Wetering, S.A. Sower and C.B. Schreck. 2013. Maturation characteristics and life-history strategies of the Pacific lamprey,Entosphenus tridentatus. Can J. Zool. 91, 775-788. PDF
Hall J.A., Decatur W.A., Daukss D.M., Hayes M.K., Marquis T.J., Morin S.J., Kelleher T.F., Sower S.A., 2013. Expression of three GnRH receptors in specific tissues in male and female sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus at three distinct life stages. Front Neurosci. 7 (88) 1-9. PDF
Smith, J.J., Kuraku, S., Holt, C., Sauka-Spengler, T., Jiang, N., Campbell, M.S., Yandell, M.D., Manousaki, T., Meyer, A., Bloom, O.E., Morgan, J.R., Buxbaum,J.D., Sachidanandam, R., Sims, C., Garruss, A.s., Cook, M., Krumlauf, R., Wiedemann, L.M., Sower, S.A., Decatur, W.A., Hall, J.A., Amemiya, C.T., Saha, N.R., Buckley, K.M., Rast, J.P., Das, S., Hirano, M., McCurley, N., Guo, P., Rohner, N., Tabin, C.J., Piccinelli, P., Elgar, G., Ruffier, M., Aken, B.L., Searle, S.M.J., Muffato, M., Pignatelli, M., Herrero, J., Jones, M., Brown, C.T., Chung-Davidson, Y., Nanlohy, K.G., Libants, S.V., Yeh, C., McCauley, D.W., Langeland, J.A., Pancer, Z., Fritzsch, B., de Jong, P.J., Zhu, B., Fulton, L.L., Theising, B., Flicek, P., Bronner, M.E., Warren, W.C., Clifton, S.W., Wilson, R.K., Li, W., 2013. Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution. 45, 415–421. PDF
Uchida, K., Moriyama, S., Sower, S. A. and Nozaki, M., 2013. Glycoprotein hormone in the pituitary of hagfish and its evolutionary implications. Fish Physiol Biochem. 39 (1):75-83. PDF
2012
Sower S.A., Decatur W.A., Joseph N.T., Freamat M., 2012. Evolution of vertebrate GnRH receptors from the perspective of a Basal vertebrate. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 3 (140) 1-7. PDF
Daukss, D., Gazda, K., Kosugi, T., Osugi, T., Tsutsui, K. and Sower, S. A., 2012. Effects of lamprey PQRFamide peptides on brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone concentrations and pituitary gonadotropin-beta mRNA expression. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 177, 215-9. PDF
Joseph, N. T., Aquilina-Beck, A., Macdonald, C., Decatur, W. A., Hall, J. A., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2012. Molecular Cloning and Pharmacological Characterization of Two Novel GnRH Receptors in the Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Endocrinology. 153, 3345-56. PDF
Osugi, T., Daukss, D., Gazda, K., Ubuka, T., Kosugi, T., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Tsutsui, K., 2012. Evolutionary origin of the structure and function of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone: insights from lampreys. Endocrinology. 153, 2362-74. PDF
Trudeau, V. L., Martyniuk, C. J., Zhao, E., Hu, H., Volkoff, H., Decatur, W. A. and Basak, A., 2012. Is secretoneurin a new hormone? Gen Comp Endocrinol. 175, 10-8. PDF
Wong, M. K., Sower, S. A. and Takei, Y., 2012. The presence of teleost-type angiotensin components in lamprey buccal gland suggests a role in endocrine mimicry. Biochimie. 94, 637-48. PDF
Clemens B.J., Sower, S.A., van de Wetering, S., et al., 2012. Incidence of male intersex in adult Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus), with a brief discussion of intersex vs. hermaphroditism in lampreys (Petromyzontiformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90 (9), 1201-1206. PDF
Daukss, D., Gazda, K., Kosugi, T., Osugi, T., Tsutsui, K. and Sower, S. A., 2012. Effects of lamprey PQRFamide peptides on brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone concentrations and pituitary gonadotropin-beta mRNA expression. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 177, 215-9. PDF
Joseph, N. T., Aquilina-Beck, A., Macdonald, C., Decatur, W. A., Hall, J. A., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2012. Molecular Cloning and Pharmacological Characterization of Two Novel GnRH Receptors in the Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Endocrinology. 153, 3345-56. PDF
Osugi, T., Daukss, D., Gazda, K., Ubuka, T., Kosugi, T., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Tsutsui, K., 2012. Evolutionary origin of the structure and function of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone: insights from lampreys. Endocrinology. 153, 2362-74. PDF
Trudeau, V. L., Martyniuk, C. J., Zhao, E., Hu, H., Volkoff, H., Decatur, W. A. and Basak, A., 2012. Is secretoneurin a new hormone? Gen Comp Endocrinol. 175, 10-8. PDF
Wong, M. K., Sower, S. A. and Takei, Y., 2012. The presence of teleost-type angiotensin components in lamprey buccal gland suggests a role in endocrine mimicry. Biochimie. 94, 637-48. PDF
Clemens B.J., Sower, S.A., van de Wetering, S., et al., 2012. Incidence of male intersex in adult Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus), with a brief discussion of intersex vs. hermaphroditism in lampreys (Petromyzontiformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90 (9), 1201-1206. PDF
2011
Kim, D. K., Cho, E. B., Moon, M. J., Park, S., Hwang, J. I., Kah, O., Sower, S. A., Vaudry, H. and Seong, J. Y., 2011. Revisiting the evolution of gonadotropin-releasing hormones and their receptors in vertebrates: secrets hidden in genomes. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 170, 68-78. PDF
Sower, S. A., Balz, E., Aquilina-Beck, A. and Kavanaugh, S. I., 2011. Seasonal changes of brain GnRH-I, -II, and -III during the final reproductive period in adult male and female sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 170, 276-82. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Baron, M. P., 2011. The interrelationship of estrogen receptor and GnRH in a Basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2, 58. PDF
Sower, S. A., Balz, E., Aquilina-Beck, A. and Kavanaugh, S. I., 2011. Seasonal changes of brain GnRH-I, -II, and -III during the final reproductive period in adult male and female sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 170, 276-82. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Baron, M. P., 2011. The interrelationship of estrogen receptor and GnRH in a Basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2, 58. PDF
2010
Clemens, B. J., Binder, T., Docker, M., Moser, M. L. and Sower, S. A., 2010. Similarities, Differences, and Unknowns in Biology and Management of Three Parasitic Lampreys of North America. Fisheries. 35, 580-596. PDF
Freamat, M. and Sower, S. A., 2010. Functional divergence of glycoprotein hormone receptors. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50, 110-123. PDF
Holland, L. Z. and Sower, S. A., 2010. "Insights of Early Chordate Genomics: Endocrinology and Development in Amphioxus, Tunicates and Lamprey’s": Introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50, 17-21. PDF
Kosugi, T. and Sower, S. A., 2010. A role of Histidine151 in the lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor-1 (lGnRHR-1): Functional insight of diverse amino acid residues in the position of Tyr of the DRY motif in GnRHR from an ancestral type II receptor. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 166, 498-503. PDF
Mesa, M. G., Bayer, J. M., Bryan, M. B. and Sower, S. A., 2010. Annual sex steroid and other physiological profiles of Pacific lampreys (Entosphenus tridentatus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 155, 56-63. PDF
Patino, R., Barton, B., Maule, A., Mesa, M., Redding, J., Rodnick, K., and Sower, S.A. 2010. Profiles in Comparative Endocrinology: Carl B. Schreck. Howard Bern Lecturer, Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative and Comparative Endocrinology, Seattle, WA.
Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2010, Reproduction in Agnathan Fishes: Lampreys and Hagfishes. In: Norris, D. O. and Lopez, K. H., (Eds.), In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates. Academic Press.
Uchida, K., Moriyama, S., Chiba, H., Shimotani, T., Honda, K., Miki, M., Takahashi, A., Sower, S. A. and Nozaki, M., 2010. Evolutionary origin of a functional gonadotropin in the pituitary of the most primitive vertebrate, hagfish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107 (36), 15832-7. PDF
Freamat, M. and Sower, S. A., 2010. Functional divergence of glycoprotein hormone receptors. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50, 110-123. PDF
Holland, L. Z. and Sower, S. A., 2010. "Insights of Early Chordate Genomics: Endocrinology and Development in Amphioxus, Tunicates and Lamprey’s": Introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50, 17-21. PDF
Kosugi, T. and Sower, S. A., 2010. A role of Histidine151 in the lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor-1 (lGnRHR-1): Functional insight of diverse amino acid residues in the position of Tyr of the DRY motif in GnRHR from an ancestral type II receptor. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 166, 498-503. PDF
Mesa, M. G., Bayer, J. M., Bryan, M. B. and Sower, S. A., 2010. Annual sex steroid and other physiological profiles of Pacific lampreys (Entosphenus tridentatus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 155, 56-63. PDF
Patino, R., Barton, B., Maule, A., Mesa, M., Redding, J., Rodnick, K., and Sower, S.A. 2010. Profiles in Comparative Endocrinology: Carl B. Schreck. Howard Bern Lecturer, Annual Meeting of Society of Integrative and Comparative Endocrinology, Seattle, WA.
Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2010, Reproduction in Agnathan Fishes: Lampreys and Hagfishes. In: Norris, D. O. and Lopez, K. H., (Eds.), In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates. Academic Press.
Uchida, K., Moriyama, S., Chiba, H., Shimotani, T., Honda, K., Miki, M., Takahashi, A., Sower, S. A. and Nozaki, M., 2010. Evolutionary origin of a functional gonadotropin in the pituitary of the most primitive vertebrate, hagfish. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107 (36), 15832-7. PDF
2009
Denver, R. J., Hopkins, P. M., McCormick, S. D., Propper, C. R., Riddiford, L., Sower, S. A. and Wingfield, J. C., 2009. Comparative endocrinology in the 21st century. Integr Comp Biol. 49, 339-348. PDF
Kawauchi, H., Sower, S. A. and Moriyama, H., 2009, The neuroendocrine regulation of prolactin and somatolactin in secretion in fish. In: Bernier, N., Van Der Kraak, G., Farrell, A., Brauner, C, (Ed.). PDF
Sower, S. A., Freamat, M. and Kavanaugh, S., 2009, Insight from Lamprey Genomics: Brain and Pituitary Reproductive Hormones of Lampreys. In: Brown, L., Chase, S., Mesa, M., Beamish, R. and Moyle, P., (Eds.), Transactions of the American Fisheries Society -Biology, management, and conservation of lampreys in North America. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 72, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 57-70. PDF
Sower, S. A., Freamat, M. and Kavanaugh, S. I., 2009. The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: new insights from lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 161, 20-9. PDF
Kawauchi, H., Sower, S. A. and Moriyama, H., 2009, The neuroendocrine regulation of prolactin and somatolactin in secretion in fish. In: Bernier, N., Van Der Kraak, G., Farrell, A., Brauner, C, (Ed.). PDF
Sower, S. A., Freamat, M. and Kavanaugh, S., 2009, Insight from Lamprey Genomics: Brain and Pituitary Reproductive Hormones of Lampreys. In: Brown, L., Chase, S., Mesa, M., Beamish, R. and Moyle, P., (Eds.), Transactions of the American Fisheries Society -Biology, management, and conservation of lampreys in North America. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 72, Bethesda, Maryland, pp. 57-70. PDF
Sower, S. A., Freamat, M. and Kavanaugh, S. I., 2009. The origins of the vertebrate hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) and hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) endocrine systems: new insights from lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 161, 20-9. PDF
2008
Freamat, M. and Sower, S. A., 2008. A sea lamprey glycoprotein hormone receptor similar with gnathostome thyrotropin hormone receptor. J Mol Endocrinol. 41, 219-28. PDF
Freamat, M. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Glycoprotein hormone receptors in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Zoolog Sci. 25, 1037-44. PDF
Kavanaugh, S. I., Nozaki, M. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Origins of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in vertebrates: identification of a novel GnRH in a basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Endocrinology. 149, 3860-9. PDF
LaFiandra, E. M., Babbitt, K. J. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Effects of atrazine on anuran development are altered by the presence of a nonlethal predator. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 71, 505-11. PubMed
Ngernsoungnern, A., Ngernsoungnern, P., Kavanaugh, S., Sower, S. A., Sobhon, P. and Sretarugsa, P., 2008. The identification and distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like peptides in the central nervous system and ovary of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Invert Neurosci. 8, 49-57. PDF
Ngernsoungnern, P., Ngernsoungnern, A., Kavanaugh, S., Sobhon, P., Sower, S. A. and Sretarugsa, P., 2008. The presence and distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-liked factor in the central nervous system of the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 155, 613-22. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Shimotani, T., Kawauchi, H., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Identity and distribution of immunoreactive adenohypophysial cells in the pituitary during the life cycle of sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 155, 403-12. PDF
Freamat, M. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Glycoprotein hormone receptors in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Zoolog Sci. 25, 1037-44. PDF
Kavanaugh, S. I., Nozaki, M. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Origins of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in vertebrates: identification of a novel GnRH in a basal vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Endocrinology. 149, 3860-9. PDF
LaFiandra, E. M., Babbitt, K. J. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Effects of atrazine on anuran development are altered by the presence of a nonlethal predator. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 71, 505-11. PubMed
Ngernsoungnern, A., Ngernsoungnern, P., Kavanaugh, S., Sower, S. A., Sobhon, P. and Sretarugsa, P., 2008. The identification and distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like peptides in the central nervous system and ovary of the giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Invert Neurosci. 8, 49-57. PDF
Ngernsoungnern, P., Ngernsoungnern, A., Kavanaugh, S., Sobhon, P., Sower, S. A. and Sretarugsa, P., 2008. The presence and distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-liked factor in the central nervous system of the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 155, 613-22. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Shimotani, T., Kawauchi, H., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 2008. Identity and distribution of immunoreactive adenohypophysial cells in the pituitary during the life cycle of sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 155, 403-12. PDF
2007
Moriyama, S., Kasahara, M., Amiya, N., Takahashi, A., Amano, M., Sower, S. A., Yamamori, K. and Kawauchi, H., 2007. RFamide peptides inhibit the expression of melanotropin and growth hormone genes in the pituitary of an Agnathan, the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Endocrinology. 148, 3740-9. PDF
2006
Freamat, M., Kawauchi, H., Nozaki, M. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Identification and cloning of a glycoprotein hormone receptor from sea lamprey,Petromyzon marinus. J Mol Endocrinol. 37, 135-46. PDF
Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Mini review: The dawn and evolution of hormones in the adenohypophysis. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 3-14. PDF
Moriyama, S., Oda, M., Takahashi, A., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Genomic structure of the sea lamprey growth hormone-encoding gene. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 33-40. PDF
Osugi, T., Ukena, K., Sower, S. A., Kawauchi, H. and Tsutsui, K., 2006. Evolutionary origin and divergence of PQRFamide peptides and LPXRFamide peptides in the RFamide peptide family. Insights from novel lamprey RFamide peptides. FEBS J. 273, 1731-43. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Identification of a functional corpus luteum in the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 95-101. PDF
Silver, M. R. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Functional characterization and kinetic studies of an ancestral lamprey GnRH-III selective type II GnRH receptor from the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. J Mol Endocrinol. 36, 601-10. PDF
Sower, S. A., Moriyama, S., Kasahara, M., Takahashi, A., Nozaki, M., Uchida, K., Dahlstrom, J. M. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Identification of sea lamprey GTHbeta-like cDNA and its evolutionary implications. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 22-32. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kasahara, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Structures for the proopiomelanocortin family genes proopiocortin and propiomelanotropin in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 144, 174-181. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Moriyama, S., Nozaki, M., Joss, J. M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Occurrence of two functionally distinct proopiomelanocortin genes in all modern lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 72-8. PDF
Takahashi, A., Yasuda, A., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Posttranslational processing of proopiomelanocortin family molecules in sea lamprey based on mass spectrometric and chemical analyses. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 79-84. PDF
Youson, J. H., Heinig, J. A., Khanam, S. F., Sower, S. A., Kawauchi, H. and Keeley, F. W., 2006. Patterns of proopiomelanotropin and proopiocortin gene expression and of immunohistochemistry for gonadotropin-releasing hormones (lGnRH-I and III) during the life cycle of a nonparasitic lamprey: relationship to this adult life history type. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 54-71. PDF
Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Mini review: The dawn and evolution of hormones in the adenohypophysis. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 3-14. PDF
Moriyama, S., Oda, M., Takahashi, A., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Genomic structure of the sea lamprey growth hormone-encoding gene. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 33-40. PDF
Osugi, T., Ukena, K., Sower, S. A., Kawauchi, H. and Tsutsui, K., 2006. Evolutionary origin and divergence of PQRFamide peptides and LPXRFamide peptides in the RFamide peptide family. Insights from novel lamprey RFamide peptides. FEBS J. 273, 1731-43. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Identification of a functional corpus luteum in the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 95-101. PDF
Silver, M. R. and Sower, S. A., 2006. Functional characterization and kinetic studies of an ancestral lamprey GnRH-III selective type II GnRH receptor from the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. J Mol Endocrinol. 36, 601-10. PDF
Sower, S. A., Moriyama, S., Kasahara, M., Takahashi, A., Nozaki, M., Uchida, K., Dahlstrom, J. M. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Identification of sea lamprey GTHbeta-like cDNA and its evolutionary implications. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 22-32. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kasahara, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Structures for the proopiomelanocortin family genes proopiocortin and propiomelanotropin in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 144, 174-181. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Moriyama, S., Nozaki, M., Joss, J. M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Occurrence of two functionally distinct proopiomelanocortin genes in all modern lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 72-8. PDF
Takahashi, A., Yasuda, A., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2006. Posttranslational processing of proopiomelanocortin family molecules in sea lamprey based on mass spectrometric and chemical analyses. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 79-84. PDF
Youson, J. H., Heinig, J. A., Khanam, S. F., Sower, S. A., Kawauchi, H. and Keeley, F. W., 2006. Patterns of proopiomelanotropin and proopiocortin gene expression and of immunohistochemistry for gonadotropin-releasing hormones (lGnRH-I and III) during the life cycle of a nonparasitic lamprey: relationship to this adult life history type. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 148, 54-71. PDF
2005
Kavanaugh, S. I., Powell, M. L. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Seasonal changes of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the Atlantic hagfish Myxine glutinosa. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 140, 136-43. PDF
Kavanaugh, S. I., Root, A. R. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and by in situ hybridization in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 141, 76-83. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Miki, M., Shimotani, T., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Distribution of immunoreactive adenohypophysial cell types in the pituitaries of the Atlantic and the Pacific hagfish, Myxine glutinosa and Eptatretus burgeri. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 143, 142-50. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Current knowledge of hagfish reproduction: implications for fisheries management. Integr Comp Biol. 45, 158-65. PDF
Root, A. R., Nucci, N. V., Sanford, J. D., Rubin, B. S., Trudeau, V. L. and Sower, S. A., 2005. In situ characterization of gonadotropin- releasing hormone-I, -III, and glutamic acid decarboxylase expression in the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Brain Behav Evol. 65, 60-70. PDF
Silver, M. R., Nucci, N. V., Root, A. R., Reed, K. L. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Cloning and characterization of a functional type II gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor with a lengthy carboxy-terminal tail from an ancestral vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Endocrinology. 146, 3351-61. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kasahara, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2005. Structures for the proopiomelanocortin family genes proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 144, 174-81. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kosugi, T., Kako, K., Sakai, T., Ito, M., Takamatsu, N., Shiba, T., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2005. Promoter activity of sea lamprey proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin genes in AtT-20/D16v cells. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 144, 182-7. PDF
Kavanaugh, S. I., Root, A. R. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and by in situ hybridization in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 141, 76-83. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Miki, M., Shimotani, T., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Distribution of immunoreactive adenohypophysial cell types in the pituitaries of the Atlantic and the Pacific hagfish, Myxine glutinosa and Eptatretus burgeri. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 143, 142-50. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Current knowledge of hagfish reproduction: implications for fisheries management. Integr Comp Biol. 45, 158-65. PDF
Root, A. R., Nucci, N. V., Sanford, J. D., Rubin, B. S., Trudeau, V. L. and Sower, S. A., 2005. In situ characterization of gonadotropin- releasing hormone-I, -III, and glutamic acid decarboxylase expression in the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Brain Behav Evol. 65, 60-70. PDF
Silver, M. R., Nucci, N. V., Root, A. R., Reed, K. L. and Sower, S. A., 2005. Cloning and characterization of a functional type II gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor with a lengthy carboxy-terminal tail from an ancestral vertebrate, the sea lamprey. Endocrinology. 146, 3351-61. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kasahara, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2005. Structures for the proopiomelanocortin family genes proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin in the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 144, 174-81. PDF
Takahashi, A., Nakata, O., Kosugi, T., Kako, K., Sakai, T., Ito, M., Takamatsu, N., Shiba, T., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2005. Promoter activity of sea lamprey proopiocortin and proopiomelanotropin genes in AtT-20/D16v cells. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 144, 182-7. PDF
2004
Bentley, G. E., Moore, I. T., Sower, S. A. and Wingfield, J. C., 2004. Evidence for a novel gonadotropin-releasing hormone in hypothalamic and forebrain areas in songbirds. Brain Behav Evol. 63, 34-46. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Shimotani, T., and Sower, S. A. 2004. Immunohistochemical detection of gonadotropin-like material in the hagfish pituitary, correlated with their gonadal conditions. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2004. Seasonal concentrations of reproductive steroids in the gonads of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol. 301, 352-60. PDF
Root, A. R., Sanford, J. D., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2004. In vitro and in vivo effects of GABA, muscimol, and bicuculline on lamprey GnRH concentration in the brain of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 138, 493-501. PDF
Silver, M. R., Kawauchi, H., Nozaki, M. and Sower, S. A., 2004. Cloning and analysis of the lamprey GnRH-III cDNA from eight species of lamprey representing the three families of Petromyzoniformes. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 139, 85-94. PDF
Sower, S. A., Nucci, N. V. and Silver, M. R., 2004. Family of Gonadotropin- Releasing Hormone. Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases. 3043. PDF
Young, B. A., Bryan, M. B. and Sower, S. A., 2004. The effect of chemosterilization on sex steroid production in male sea lampreys. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 133, 1270-1276.
Young, B. A., Bryan, M. B., Sower, S. A., Scott, A. P. and Li, W., 2004. 15alpha-hydroxytestosterone induction by GnRH I and GnRH III in Atlantic and Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 136, 276-81. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Shimotani, T., and Sower, S. A. 2004. Immunohistochemical detection of gonadotropin-like material in the hagfish pituitary, correlated with their gonadal conditions. PDF
Powell, M. L., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2004. Seasonal concentrations of reproductive steroids in the gonads of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa. J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol. 301, 352-60. PDF
Root, A. R., Sanford, J. D., Kavanaugh, S. I. and Sower, S. A., 2004. In vitro and in vivo effects of GABA, muscimol, and bicuculline on lamprey GnRH concentration in the brain of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 138, 493-501. PDF
Silver, M. R., Kawauchi, H., Nozaki, M. and Sower, S. A., 2004. Cloning and analysis of the lamprey GnRH-III cDNA from eight species of lamprey representing the three families of Petromyzoniformes. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 139, 85-94. PDF
Sower, S. A., Nucci, N. V. and Silver, M. R., 2004. Family of Gonadotropin- Releasing Hormone. Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases. 3043. PDF
Young, B. A., Bryan, M. B. and Sower, S. A., 2004. The effect of chemosterilization on sex steroid production in male sea lampreys. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 133, 1270-1276.
Young, B. A., Bryan, M. B., Sower, S. A., Scott, A. P. and Li, W., 2004. 15alpha-hydroxytestosterone induction by GnRH I and GnRH III in Atlantic and Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 136, 276-81. PDF
2003
Docker, M. F., Sower, S. A., Youson, J. H. and Beamish, F. W. H., 2003. Future sea lamprey control through regulation of metamorphosis and reproduction: A report from the SLIS II New Science and Control workgroup. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 29, 801-807. Science Direct
Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 2003. Evolution of the role of GnRH in animal (Metazoan) biology. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 134, 207-13. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Shimotani, T. and Sower, S. A., 2003. Immunohistochemical detection of gonadotropin-like material in the pituitary of brown hagfish (Paramyxine atami) correlated with their gonadal functions and effect of estrogen treatment. Fish Physiol Biochem. 28, 85-87. PDF
Sower, S. A., 2003. The Endocrinology of Reproduction in Lampreys and Applications for Male Lamprey Sterilization. J. Great Lakes Res. 29, 50-65. PDF
Sower, S. A., Powell, M. L. and Kavanaugh, S. I., "Myziniformes". In: Michael Hutchins, D. A. T., Paul V. Loiselle, and Neil Schlager, (Ed.), Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI, 2003, pp. 77-82. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Silver, M. R., 2003. "Petromysoniformes". Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. 1, 83-90. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2003. Molecular evolution of proopiomelanocortin in fish. IN: Aquatic Genomics-Steps Toward a Great Future. 217-224. PDF
Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 2003. Evolution of the role of GnRH in animal (Metazoan) biology. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 134, 207-13. PDF
Nozaki, M., Oshima, Y., Shimotani, T. and Sower, S. A., 2003. Immunohistochemical detection of gonadotropin-like material in the pituitary of brown hagfish (Paramyxine atami) correlated with their gonadal functions and effect of estrogen treatment. Fish Physiol Biochem. 28, 85-87. PDF
Sower, S. A., 2003. The Endocrinology of Reproduction in Lampreys and Applications for Male Lamprey Sterilization. J. Great Lakes Res. 29, 50-65. PDF
Sower, S. A., Powell, M. L. and Kavanaugh, S. I., "Myziniformes". In: Michael Hutchins, D. A. T., Paul V. Loiselle, and Neil Schlager, (Ed.), Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI, 2003, pp. 77-82. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Silver, M. R., 2003. "Petromysoniformes". Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition. 1, 83-90. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2003. Molecular evolution of proopiomelanocortin in fish. IN: Aquatic Genomics-Steps Toward a Great Future. 217-224. PDF
2002
Flynn, K. M., Miller, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Schreibman, M. P., 2002. Sexually dimorphic effects of NMDA receptor antagonism on brain-pituitary-gonad axis development in the platyfish. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 131, 9-18. PDF
Grove-Strawser, D., Sower, S. A., Ronsheim, P. M., Connolly, J. B., Bourn, C. G. and Rubin, B. S., 2002. Guinea pig GnRH: localization and physiological activity reveal that it, not mammalian GnRH, is the major neuroendocrine form in guinea pigs. Endocrinology. 143, 1602-12. PDF
Hiney, J. K., Sower, S. A., Yu, W. H., McCann, S. M. and Dees, W. L., 2002. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the preoptic-hypothalamic region of the rat contain lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone III, mammalian luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, or both peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99, 2386-91. PDF
Kawauchi, H., Suzuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Moriyama, S., Nozaki, M., Yamaguchi, K., Takahashi, A., Youson, J. and Sower, S. A., 2002. Identification of growth hormone in the sea lamprey, an extant representative of a group of the most ancient vertebrates. Endocrinology. 143, 4916-21. PDF
Moriyama, S., Ito, T., Takahashi, A., Amano, M., Sower, S. A., Hirano, T., Yamamori, K. and Kawauchi, H., 2002. A homolog of mammalian PRL-releasing peptide (fish arginyl-phenylalanyl-amide peptide) is a major hypothalamic peptide of PRL release in teleost fish. Endocrinology. 143, 2071-9. PDF
Reed, K. L., MacIntyre, J. K., Tobet, S. A., Trudeau, V. L., MacEachern, L., Rubin, B. S. and Sower, S. A., 2002. The spatial relationship of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in larval and adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Brain Behav Evol. 60, 1-12. PDF
Grove-Strawser, D., Sower, S. A., Ronsheim, P. M., Connolly, J. B., Bourn, C. G. and Rubin, B. S., 2002. Guinea pig GnRH: localization and physiological activity reveal that it, not mammalian GnRH, is the major neuroendocrine form in guinea pigs. Endocrinology. 143, 1602-12. PDF
Hiney, J. K., Sower, S. A., Yu, W. H., McCann, S. M. and Dees, W. L., 2002. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the preoptic-hypothalamic region of the rat contain lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone III, mammalian luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, or both peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 99, 2386-91. PDF
Kawauchi, H., Suzuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Moriyama, S., Nozaki, M., Yamaguchi, K., Takahashi, A., Youson, J. and Sower, S. A., 2002. Identification of growth hormone in the sea lamprey, an extant representative of a group of the most ancient vertebrates. Endocrinology. 143, 4916-21. PDF
Moriyama, S., Ito, T., Takahashi, A., Amano, M., Sower, S. A., Hirano, T., Yamamori, K. and Kawauchi, H., 2002. A homolog of mammalian PRL-releasing peptide (fish arginyl-phenylalanyl-amide peptide) is a major hypothalamic peptide of PRL release in teleost fish. Endocrinology. 143, 2071-9. PDF
Reed, K. L., MacIntyre, J. K., Tobet, S. A., Trudeau, V. L., MacEachern, L., Rubin, B. S. and Sower, S. A., 2002. The spatial relationship of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons in larval and adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Brain Behav Evol. 60, 1-12. PDF
2001
Bird, D. J., Potter, I. C., Sower, S. A. and Baker, B. I., 2001. The distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone in the lamprey brain. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 121, 232-41. PDF
Fort, D. J., Rogers, R. L., Paul, R. R., Miller, M. F., Clark, P., Stover, E. L., Yoshioko, J., Quimby, F., Sower, S. A., Reed, K. L., Babbitt, K. J. and Rolland, R., 2001. Effects of pond water, sediment and sediment extract samples from New Hampshire, USA on early Xenopus development and metamorphosis: comparison to native species. J Appl Toxicol. 21, 199-209. PDF
McCann, S. M., Karanth, S., Mastronardi, C. A., Dees, W. L., Childs, G., Miller, B., Sower, S. and Yu, W. H., 2001. Control of gonadotropin secretion by follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and leptin. Arch Med Res. 32, 476-85. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Takahashi, A., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2001. Adenohypophysial cell types in the lamprey pituitary: current state of the art. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 303-9. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2001. Update: brain and pituitary hormones of lampreys. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 291-302. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2001. Evolutionary significance of proopiomelanocortin in agnatha and chondrichthyes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 283-9. PDF
Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 2001. Theory on the evolutionary history of lamprey metamorphosis: role of reproductive and thyroid axes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 337-45. PDF
Fort, D. J., Rogers, R. L., Paul, R. R., Miller, M. F., Clark, P., Stover, E. L., Yoshioko, J., Quimby, F., Sower, S. A., Reed, K. L., Babbitt, K. J. and Rolland, R., 2001. Effects of pond water, sediment and sediment extract samples from New Hampshire, USA on early Xenopus development and metamorphosis: comparison to native species. J Appl Toxicol. 21, 199-209. PDF
McCann, S. M., Karanth, S., Mastronardi, C. A., Dees, W. L., Childs, G., Miller, B., Sower, S. and Yu, W. H., 2001. Control of gonadotropin secretion by follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing factor, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and leptin. Arch Med Res. 32, 476-85. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Takahashi, A., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 2001. Adenohypophysial cell types in the lamprey pituitary: current state of the art. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 303-9. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2001. Update: brain and pituitary hormones of lampreys. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 291-302. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 2001. Evolutionary significance of proopiomelanocortin in agnatha and chondrichthyes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 283-9. PDF
Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 2001. Theory on the evolutionary history of lamprey metamorphosis: role of reproductive and thyroid axes. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 129, 337-45. PDF
2000
Berghman, L. R., D'Hondt, E., Puebla, N., Dees, L., Hiney, J., Sower, S. A. and Vandesande, F., 2000. Immunocytochemical evidence for the existence of a lamprey luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone type III-like peptide in the chicken hypothalamus. British Poultry Science. 41, S56-S57. PDF
Forlano, P. M., Maruska, K. P., Sower, S. A., King, J. A. and Tricas, T. C., 2000. Differential distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the stingray brain: functional and evolutionary considerations. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 118, 226-48. PDF
Gazourian, L., Evans, E. L., Hanson, L., Chase, C. and Sower, S. A., 2000. The effects of lamprey GnRH-I, -III and analogs on steroidogenesis in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Aquaculture. 188, 147-165. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 2000. The distribution of lamprey GnRH-III in brains of adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 118, 57-67. PDF
Robinson, T. C., Tobet, S. A., Chase, C., Waldron, T. and Sower, S. A., 2000. Gonadotropin-releasing hormones in the brain and pituitary of the teleost, the white sucker. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 117, 381-94. PDF
Sower, S. A., McGregor, A. J., Materne, O. L., Chase, C., Potter, I. and Joss, J., 2000. Evidence for lamprey GnRH-I and -III-like molecules in the brains of the southern hemisphere lampreys Geotria australis and Mordacia mordax. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 120, 168-75. PDF
Sower, S. A., Reed, K. L. and Babbitt, K. J., 2000. Limb malformations and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in frogs. Environ Health Perspect. 108, 1085-90. PDF
Sower, S. A., Suzuki, K. and Reed, K. L., 2000. Perspective: research activity of enteropancreatic and brain/central nervous system hormones across invertebrates and vertebrates. Amer Zool. 40, 165-178. PDF
Suzuki, K., Gamble, R. L. and Sower, S. A., 2000. Multiple transcripts encoding lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I precursors. J Mol Endocrinol. 24, 365-76. PDF
Yu, W. H., Karanth, S., Sower, S. A., Parlow, A. F. and McCann, S. M., 2000. The similarity of FSH-releasing factor to lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone III (l-GnRH-III). Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 224, 87-92. PDF
Forlano, P. M., Maruska, K. P., Sower, S. A., King, J. A. and Tricas, T. C., 2000. Differential distribution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the stingray brain: functional and evolutionary considerations. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 118, 226-48. PDF
Gazourian, L., Evans, E. L., Hanson, L., Chase, C. and Sower, S. A., 2000. The effects of lamprey GnRH-I, -III and analogs on steroidogenesis in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Aquaculture. 188, 147-165. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 2000. The distribution of lamprey GnRH-III in brains of adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 118, 57-67. PDF
Robinson, T. C., Tobet, S. A., Chase, C., Waldron, T. and Sower, S. A., 2000. Gonadotropin-releasing hormones in the brain and pituitary of the teleost, the white sucker. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 117, 381-94. PDF
Sower, S. A., McGregor, A. J., Materne, O. L., Chase, C., Potter, I. and Joss, J., 2000. Evidence for lamprey GnRH-I and -III-like molecules in the brains of the southern hemisphere lampreys Geotria australis and Mordacia mordax. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 120, 168-75. PDF
Sower, S. A., Reed, K. L. and Babbitt, K. J., 2000. Limb malformations and abnormal sex hormone concentrations in frogs. Environ Health Perspect. 108, 1085-90. PDF
Sower, S. A., Suzuki, K. and Reed, K. L., 2000. Perspective: research activity of enteropancreatic and brain/central nervous system hormones across invertebrates and vertebrates. Amer Zool. 40, 165-178. PDF
Suzuki, K., Gamble, R. L. and Sower, S. A., 2000. Multiple transcripts encoding lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I precursors. J Mol Endocrinol. 24, 365-76. PDF
Yu, W. H., Karanth, S., Sower, S. A., Parlow, A. F. and McCann, S. M., 2000. The similarity of FSH-releasing factor to lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone III (l-GnRH-III). Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 224, 87-92. PDF
1999
Dees, W. L., Hiney, J. K., Sower, S. A., Yu, W. H. and McCann, S. M., 1999. Localization of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the rat brain. Peptides. 12, 1503-1511. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Takahashi, A., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 1999. Possible gonadotropin cells in the lamprey pituitary: colocalization of mammalian LH-like immunoreactivity and glycoconjugate in adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 113, 23-31. PDF
Ominato, k., Nozaki, M., Takahashi, A., Kawachi, H. and Sower, S. A. 1999. A lectin cytochemical study in the sea lamprey pituitary. Recent Prog. Mol. Comp. Endocrinol., Proc. Int. Symp. Asia Oceania Soc. Comp. Endocrinol. 3:353-357.
Slater, C. H., Schreck, C. B. and Sower, S. A., 1999. Rapid clearance of D-Ala6-Pro9NEt mammalian GnRH (GnRHa) from chinook salmon plasma. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 61, 315-318. PDF
Sower, S.A. and Gorbman, A. 1999. Agnatha. Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Volume 1). Academic Press. PDF
Nozaki, M., Ominato, K., Takahashi, A., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 1999. Possible gonadotropin cells in the lamprey pituitary: colocalization of mammalian LH-like immunoreactivity and glycoconjugate in adult sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 113, 23-31. PDF
Ominato, k., Nozaki, M., Takahashi, A., Kawachi, H. and Sower, S. A. 1999. A lectin cytochemical study in the sea lamprey pituitary. Recent Prog. Mol. Comp. Endocrinol., Proc. Int. Symp. Asia Oceania Soc. Comp. Endocrinol. 3:353-357.
Slater, C. H., Schreck, C. B. and Sower, S. A., 1999. Rapid clearance of D-Ala6-Pro9NEt mammalian GnRH (GnRHa) from chinook salmon plasma. North American Journal of Aquaculture. 61, 315-318. PDF
Sower, S.A. and Gorbman, A. 1999. Agnatha. Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Volume 1). Academic Press. PDF
1998
Sower, S. A., 1998. Mini-Review: Brain and pituitary hormones of lampreys, recent findings and their evolutionary significance. Amer. Zool. 38, 15-38. PDF
1997
Gamble, R. L., Suzuki, K., Heinig, J. A., Youson, J. H., Keeley, F. W. and Sower, S. A., 1997. Isolation of cDNA encoding the precursor to lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I from the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. XIII Int'l Congress of Comp Endocrinol. 1, 735-738. PDF
Gazourian, L., Deragon, K. L., Chase, C. F., Pati, D., Habibi, H. R. and Sower, S. A., 1997. Characteristics of GnRH binding in the gonads and effects of lamprey GnRH-I and -III on reproduction in the adult sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 108, 327-39. PDF
MacIntyre, J. K., Chase, C., Tobet, S. A. and Sower, S. A., 1997. The interrelationship of PMY, GABA, and GnRH in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. XIII International Congress of Comp Endocrinol. 1, 721-724. PDF
Materne, O. L., Gazourian, L., Chase, C., Pati, D., Habibi, H. R. and Sower, S. A. 1997. Characterization of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone binding sites in the pituitary and gonads of the sexually maturing adult lamprey. XIII International Congress of Comp. Endocrinol. Yokohama, Japan. 1:743-746
Sower, S. A., Evolution of GnRH in Fish of Ancient Origins. In: Sakuma, I. S. P. a. Y., (Ed.), GnRH Neurons: Gene to Behavior. Brian Shuppan Publishers, Tokya, 1997, pp. 486. PDF
Tobet, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Schwarting, G. A., 1997. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone containing neurons and olfactory fibers during development: from lamprey to mammals. Brain Res Bull. 44, 479-86. PDF
Yu, W. H., Karanth, S., Walczewska, A., Sower, S. A. and McCann, S. M., 1997. A hypothalamic follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing decapeptide in the rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94, 9499-503. PDF
Gazourian, L., Deragon, K. L., Chase, C. F., Pati, D., Habibi, H. R. and Sower, S. A., 1997. Characteristics of GnRH binding in the gonads and effects of lamprey GnRH-I and -III on reproduction in the adult sea lamprey. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 108, 327-39. PDF
MacIntyre, J. K., Chase, C., Tobet, S. A. and Sower, S. A., 1997. The interrelationship of PMY, GABA, and GnRH in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. XIII International Congress of Comp Endocrinol. 1, 721-724. PDF
Materne, O. L., Gazourian, L., Chase, C., Pati, D., Habibi, H. R. and Sower, S. A. 1997. Characterization of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone binding sites in the pituitary and gonads of the sexually maturing adult lamprey. XIII International Congress of Comp. Endocrinol. Yokohama, Japan. 1:743-746
Sower, S. A., Evolution of GnRH in Fish of Ancient Origins. In: Sakuma, I. S. P. a. Y., (Ed.), GnRH Neurons: Gene to Behavior. Brian Shuppan Publishers, Tokya, 1997, pp. 486. PDF
Tobet, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Schwarting, G. A., 1997. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone containing neurons and olfactory fibers during development: from lamprey to mammals. Brain Res Bull. 44, 479-86. PDF
Yu, W. H., Karanth, S., Walczewska, A., Sower, S. A. and McCann, S. M., 1997. A hypothalamic follicle-stimulating hormone-releasing decapeptide in the rat. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94, 9499-503. PDF
1996
Conlon, J. M. and Sower, S. A., 1996. Isolation of a peptide structurally related to mammalian corticostatins from the lamprey Petromyzon marinus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 114, 133-137. PDF
Tobet, S. A., Chickering, T. W. and Sower, S. A., 1996. Relationship of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to the olfactory system in developing lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). J Comp Neurol. 376, 97-111. PDF
Tobet, S. A., Chickering, T. W. and Sower, S. A., 1996. Relationship of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to the olfactory system in developing lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). J Comp Neurol. 376, 97-111. PDF
1995
Heinig, J. A., Keeley, F. W., Robson, P., Sower, S. A. and Youson, J. H., 1995. The appearance of proopiomelanocortin early in vertebrate evolution: cloning and sequencing of POMC from a Lamprey pituitary cDNA library. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 99, 137-144. PDF
Nozaki, M., Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 1995. Distribution of lamprey adrenocorticotropin and melanotropins in the pituitary of the adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 98, 147-56. PDF
Sower, S. A. 1995. Evolution of GnRH in fish of ancient origin. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symp. Reprod. Physio. Of Fish. Goetz, F.W. and Thomas, P. Austin, Texas. 95:209-211. PDF
Sower, S. A., Goodman, M. and Nishiuchi, Y., 1995. In vivo effects of lamprey GnRH-I and cyclized analogs: a structure-activity study. Neuropeptides. 29, 151-156. PDF
Sower, S. A., Nozaki, M., Knox, C. J. and Gorbman, A., 1995. The occurrence and distribution of GnRH in the brain of Atlantic hagfish, an agnatha, determined by chromatography and immunocytochemistry. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 97, 300-307. PDF
Sower, S. A., Takahashi, A., Nozaki, M., Gorbman, A., Youson, J. H., Joss, J. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. A novel glycoprotein in the olfactory and pituitary systems of larval and adult lampreys. Endocrinology. 136, 349-356. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A., Joss, J., Gorbman, A. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. Isolation and characterization of melanotropins from lamprey pituitary glands. Int J Pept Protein Res. 46, 197-204. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Sarashi, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. Melanotropin and corticotropin are encoded on two distinct genes in the lamprey, the earliest evolved extant vertebrate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 213, 490-8. PDF
Tobet, S., Nozaki, M., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1995. Distribution of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-III (GnRH-III) in brains of larval lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Cell and Tissue Research. 279, 261-270. PDF
Waugh, D., Youson, J., Mims, S. D., Sower, S. and Conlon, J. M., 1995. Urotensin II from the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), and the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 99, 323-32. PDF
Youson, J. H., Docker, M. and Sower, S. A. 1995. Concentration of gonadotropin-releasing hormones in brain of larval and metamorphosing lampreys of two species with different adult life histories. Fifth International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish. Goetz, F. W. and Thomas, P. Austin, TX. 83 PDF
Nozaki, M., Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Kawauchi, H. and Sower, S. A., 1995. Distribution of lamprey adrenocorticotropin and melanotropins in the pituitary of the adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 98, 147-56. PDF
Sower, S. A. 1995. Evolution of GnRH in fish of ancient origin. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symp. Reprod. Physio. Of Fish. Goetz, F.W. and Thomas, P. Austin, Texas. 95:209-211. PDF
Sower, S. A., Goodman, M. and Nishiuchi, Y., 1995. In vivo effects of lamprey GnRH-I and cyclized analogs: a structure-activity study. Neuropeptides. 29, 151-156. PDF
Sower, S. A., Nozaki, M., Knox, C. J. and Gorbman, A., 1995. The occurrence and distribution of GnRH in the brain of Atlantic hagfish, an agnatha, determined by chromatography and immunocytochemistry. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 97, 300-307. PDF
Sower, S. A., Takahashi, A., Nozaki, M., Gorbman, A., Youson, J. H., Joss, J. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. A novel glycoprotein in the olfactory and pituitary systems of larval and adult lampreys. Endocrinology. 136, 349-356. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Nozaki, M., Sower, S. A., Joss, J., Gorbman, A. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. Isolation and characterization of melanotropins from lamprey pituitary glands. Int J Pept Protein Res. 46, 197-204. PDF
Takahashi, A., Amemiya, Y., Sarashi, M., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 1995. Melanotropin and corticotropin are encoded on two distinct genes in the lamprey, the earliest evolved extant vertebrate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 213, 490-8. PDF
Tobet, S., Nozaki, M., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1995. Distribution of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-III (GnRH-III) in brains of larval lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Cell and Tissue Research. 279, 261-270. PDF
Waugh, D., Youson, J., Mims, S. D., Sower, S. and Conlon, J. M., 1995. Urotensin II from the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), and the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 99, 323-32. PDF
Youson, J. H., Docker, M. and Sower, S. A. 1995. Concentration of gonadotropin-releasing hormones in brain of larval and metamorphosing lampreys of two species with different adult life histories. Fifth International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish. Goetz, F. W. and Thomas, P. Austin, TX. 83 PDF
1994
Conlon, J. M., Balasubramaniam, A. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Purification of a neuropeptide Y-related peptide from the brain of the sea lamprey and its effect on steroidogenesis. Regul Pept. 50, 167-175. PDF
Deragon, K. L. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Effects of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-III on steroidogenesis and spermiation in male sea lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 95, 363-367. PDF
Holmes, J. A., Beamish, F. W. H., Seelye, J. G. and Youson, J. H., 1994. The long-term effects of water temperature, photoperiod, and food availability on metamorphosis of sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Can J Fish Aqua Sci. 51, 2045-2051. PDF
Knox, C. J., Boyd, S. K. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Characterization and localization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors in the adult female sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Endocrinology. 134, 492-498. PDF
Nozaki, M., Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Diffusion between the neurohypophysis and the adenohypophysis of lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 96, 385-91. PDF
Sower, S. A., Chiang, Y. C. and Conlon, J. M., 1994. Polygenic expression of somatostatin in lamprey. Peptides. 15, 151-154. PDF
Waugh, D., Sower, S., Bjenning, C. and Conlon, J. M., 1994. Novel tachykinins from the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, and the skate, Raja rhina. Peptides. 15, 155-61. PDF
Wright, G. M., McBurney, K. M., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Distribution of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain and pituitary of larval, metamorphic and adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Can. J. Zool. 72, 48-53. PDF
Deragon, K. L. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Effects of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone-III on steroidogenesis and spermiation in male sea lampreys. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 95, 363-367. PDF
Holmes, J. A., Beamish, F. W. H., Seelye, J. G. and Youson, J. H., 1994. The long-term effects of water temperature, photoperiod, and food availability on metamorphosis of sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Can J Fish Aqua Sci. 51, 2045-2051. PDF
Knox, C. J., Boyd, S. K. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Characterization and localization of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors in the adult female sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Endocrinology. 134, 492-498. PDF
Nozaki, M., Gorbman, A. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Diffusion between the neurohypophysis and the adenohypophysis of lampreys, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 96, 385-91. PDF
Sower, S. A., Chiang, Y. C. and Conlon, J. M., 1994. Polygenic expression of somatostatin in lamprey. Peptides. 15, 151-154. PDF
Waugh, D., Sower, S., Bjenning, C. and Conlon, J. M., 1994. Novel tachykinins from the brain of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, and the skate, Raja rhina. Peptides. 15, 155-61. PDF
Wright, G. M., McBurney, K. M., Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1994. Distribution of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain and pituitary of larval, metamorphic and adult sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Can. J. Zool. 72, 48-53. PDF
1993
Calvin, J. L., Slater, C. H., Bolduc, T. G., Laudano, A. P. and Sower, S. A., 1993. Multiple molecular forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of an elasmobranch: evidence for IR-lamprey GnRH. Peptides. 14, 725-729. PDF
Conlon, J. M., Collin, F., Chiang, Y. C., Sower, S. A. and Vaudry, H., 1993. Two molecular forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone from the brain of the frog, Rana ribibunda: purification, characterization, and distribution. Endocrinology. 132, 2117-2123. PDF
Sower, S. A., Chiang, Y. C., Lovas, S. and Conlon, J. M., 1993. Primary structure and biological activity of a third gonadotropin-releasing hormone from lamprey brain. Endocrinology. 132, 1125-1131. PDF
Youson, J. H., Holmes, J. A., Guchardi, J. A., Seelye, J. G., Beaver, R., Gersmehl, J. E. and Sower, S. A., 1993. The importance of condition factor and the influence of water temperature and photoperiod in metamorphosis of sea lampreys, Petromyaon marinus. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50, 2448-2456. PDF
Conlon, J. M., Collin, F., Chiang, Y. C., Sower, S. A. and Vaudry, H., 1993. Two molecular forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone from the brain of the frog, Rana ribibunda: purification, characterization, and distribution. Endocrinology. 132, 2117-2123. PDF
Sower, S. A., Chiang, Y. C., Lovas, S. and Conlon, J. M., 1993. Primary structure and biological activity of a third gonadotropin-releasing hormone from lamprey brain. Endocrinology. 132, 1125-1131. PDF
Youson, J. H., Holmes, J. A., Guchardi, J. A., Seelye, J. G., Beaver, R., Gersmehl, J. E. and Sower, S. A., 1993. The importance of condition factor and the influence of water temperature and photoperiod in metamorphosis of sea lampreys, Petromyaon marinus. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 50, 2448-2456. PDF
1992
Bolduc, T. G. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Changes in brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone, plasma estradiol 17- beta, and progesterone during the final reproductive cycle of the female sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. J Exp Zool. 264, 55-63. PDF
Hines, G. A., Watts, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Walker, C. W., 1992. Sex steroid levels in the testes, ovaries, and pyloric caeca during gametogenesis in the sea star Asterias vulgaris. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 87, 451-460. PDF
Lewis, K. M. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Effects of dietary testosterone on growth and sex ration in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Phys and Biochem. 9, 513-517. PDF
Lewis, K. M., Swanson, P. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Changes in brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone, pituitary and plasma gonadotropins, and plasma thyroxine during smoltification in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha). Gen. Comp. Endocrin. 87, 461-470. PDF
Murray, M. K. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Estrogen- and progesterone-dependent secretory changes in the uterus of the sheep. Biol. Reprod. 47, 917-924. PDF
Sower, S. A., Karlson, K. H. and Fawcett, R. S., 1992. Changes in plasma thyroxine, estradiol-17 beta, and 17 alpha,20 beta- dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one during smoltification of coho salmon. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 85, 278-285. PDF
Hines, G. A., Watts, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Walker, C. W., 1992. Sex steroid levels in the testes, ovaries, and pyloric caeca during gametogenesis in the sea star Asterias vulgaris. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 87, 451-460. PDF
Lewis, K. M. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Effects of dietary testosterone on growth and sex ration in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Phys and Biochem. 9, 513-517. PDF
Lewis, K. M., Swanson, P. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Changes in brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone, pituitary and plasma gonadotropins, and plasma thyroxine during smoltification in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha). Gen. Comp. Endocrin. 87, 461-470. PDF
Murray, M. K. and Sower, S. A., 1992. Estrogen- and progesterone-dependent secretory changes in the uterus of the sheep. Biol. Reprod. 47, 917-924. PDF
Sower, S. A., Karlson, K. H. and Fawcett, R. S., 1992. Changes in plasma thyroxine, estradiol-17 beta, and 17 alpha,20 beta- dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one during smoltification of coho salmon. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 85, 278-285. PDF
1991
Sower, S. A. and Larsen, L. O., 1991. Plasma estradiol and progesterone after hypophysectomy and substitution with pituitary in female sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 81, 93-96. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Fawcett, R.S., 1991. Changes in gill Na+, K+-ATPase, thyroxine and triiodothyronine of coho salmon held in two different rearing densities smoltification. Comp. Biochem Physiol. 99A, 85-89. PDF
Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1991. Concentration of brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone during metamorphosis in the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. J Exp Zool. 259, 399-404. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Fawcett, R.S., 1991. Changes in gill Na+, K+-ATPase, thyroxine and triiodothyronine of coho salmon held in two different rearing densities smoltification. Comp. Biochem Physiol. 99A, 85-89. PDF
Youson, J. H. and Sower, S. A., 1991. Concentration of brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone during metamorphosis in the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. J Exp Zool. 259, 399-404. PDF
1990
Fahien, C. M. and Sower, S. A., 1990. Relationship between brain gonadotropin-releasing hormone and final reproductive period of the adult male sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 80, 427-437. PDF
Hines, G. A., Watts, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Walker, C. W., 1990. Sex steriod extraction from echinoderm tissues. J Liquid Chromatograp. 13, 2489-2498. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1990. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in primitive fishes. Prog Clin Biol Res. 342, 73-78. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1990. Neuroendocrine control of reproduction in lampreys. Fish Phys Biochem. 8, 365-374. PDF
Hines, G. A., Watts, S. A., Sower, S. A. and Walker, C. W., 1990. Sex steriod extraction from echinoderm tissues. J Liquid Chromatograp. 13, 2489-2498. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1990. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in primitive fishes. Prog Clin Biol Res. 342, 73-78. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1990. Neuroendocrine control of reproduction in lampreys. Fish Phys Biochem. 8, 365-374. PDF
1989
Borghetti, J. R., Iwamoto, R. N., Hardy, R. W. and Sower, S. A., 1989. The effcets of naturally-occuring androgens in practical diets fed to normal-sired and jack-sired propengy of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Aquaculture. 77, 51-60. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1989. Effects of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone and analogs on steroidogenesis and spermiation in male sea lampreys. Fish Physiol Biochem. 7, 101-107. PDF
Sower, S.A., 1989. Cyclostome Workshop. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 7, 407. PDF
Sower, S. A., 1989. Effects of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone and analogs on steroidogenesis and spermiation in male sea lampreys. Fish Physiol Biochem. 7, 101-107. PDF
Sower, S.A., 1989. Cyclostome Workshop. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 7, 407. PDF
1988
Carolsfeld, J., Sherwood, N. M., Kreilberg, H. and Sower, S. A., 1988. Induced sexual maturation of herring using GnRh "Quick Release" chloesterol pellets. Aquaculture. 70, 169-181. PDF
King, J. C., Sower, S. A. and Anthony, E. P., 1988. Neuronal systems immunoreactive with antiserum to lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of Petromyzon marinus. Cell Tiss. Res. 253, 1-8. PDF
Lane, T. F., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 1988. Arginine vasotocin from the pituitary gland of the lamprey (Petromyzon marinus): isolation and amino acid sequence. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 70, 152-157. PDF
Stopa, E. G., Sower, S. A., Svendsen, C. N. and King, J. C., 1988. Polygenic expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in human? Peptides. 9, 419-23. PDF
King, J. C., Sower, S. A. and Anthony, E. P., 1988. Neuronal systems immunoreactive with antiserum to lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of Petromyzon marinus. Cell Tiss. Res. 253, 1-8. PDF
Lane, T. F., Sower, S. A. and Kawauchi, H., 1988. Arginine vasotocin from the pituitary gland of the lamprey (Petromyzon marinus): isolation and amino acid sequence. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 70, 152-157. PDF
Stopa, E. G., Sower, S. A., Svendsen, C. N. and King, J. C., 1988. Polygenic expression of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in human? Peptides. 9, 419-23. PDF
1987
Ho, S. M., Press, D., Liang, L. C. and Sower, S., 1987. Identification of an estrogen receptor in the testis of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 67, 119-125. PDF
Linville, J. E., Hanson, L. H. and Sower, S. A., 1987. Endocrine events associated with spawning behavior in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Horm Behav. 21, 105-107. PDF
Sower, S. A. 1987. Biological action of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in lampreys. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Reproduction and Physiology of Fish. St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. 40-41. PDF
Sower, S. A., King, J. A., Millar, R. P., Sherwood, N. M. and Marshak, D. R., 1987. Comparative biological properties of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vertebrates. Endocrinology. 120, 773-779. PubMed
Linville, J. E., Hanson, L. H. and Sower, S. A., 1987. Endocrine events associated with spawning behavior in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). Horm Behav. 21, 105-107. PDF
Sower, S. A. 1987. Biological action of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in lampreys. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Reproduction and Physiology of Fish. St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. 40-41. PDF
Sower, S. A., King, J. A., Millar, R. P., Sherwood, N. M. and Marshak, D. R., 1987. Comparative biological properties of lamprey gonadotropin-releasing hormone in vertebrates. Endocrinology. 120, 773-779. PubMed
1986
Sherwood, N. M., Sower, S. A., Marshak, D. R., Fraser, B. A. and Brownstein, M. J., 1986. Primary structure of gonadotropin-releasing hormone from lamprey brain. J Biol Chem. 261, 4812-4819. PDF
1985
Buckingham, J. C., Leach, J. H., Plisetskaya, E., Sower, S. A. and Gorbman, A., 1985. Corticotrophin-like bioactivity in the pituitary gland and brain of the pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stouti. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 57, 434-437. PDF
Dickoff, W. W., Sower, S. A. and Gorbman, A., Hepatic estrogen binding during vitellogenesis in Pacific hagfish, Epotatretus stouti. In: Lotts, B. and Holmes, W., (Eds.), Current Trends in Comp Endo. Hong Kong UNiversity Press, 1985, pp. 347-349. PDF
Sherwood, N. M. and Sower, S. A., 1985. A new family member for gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Neuropeptides. 6, 205-14. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Iwamoto, R. N., 1985. The Identification of the sex steroid testosterone, in various commercial salmon diets. Aquaculture. 49, 11-17. PDF
Sower, S.A. and Iwamoto, R. N., 1985. Roundtable Discussions: Induced Ovulation, Sex Control, and Environmental Manipulations. PDF
Sower, S. A., Plisetskaya, E. and Gorbman, A., 1985. Changes in plasma steroid and thyroid hormones and insulin during final maturation and spawning of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 58, 259-269. PDF
Sower, S. A., Plisetskaya, E. and Gorbman, A., 1985. Steroid and thyroid hormone profiles following a single injection of partly purified salmon gonadotropin or GnRH analogues in male and female sea lamprey. J Exp Zool. 235, 403-408. PDF
Dickoff, W. W., Sower, S. A. and Gorbman, A., Hepatic estrogen binding during vitellogenesis in Pacific hagfish, Epotatretus stouti. In: Lotts, B. and Holmes, W., (Eds.), Current Trends in Comp Endo. Hong Kong UNiversity Press, 1985, pp. 347-349. PDF
Sherwood, N. M. and Sower, S. A., 1985. A new family member for gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Neuropeptides. 6, 205-14. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Iwamoto, R. N., 1985. The Identification of the sex steroid testosterone, in various commercial salmon diets. Aquaculture. 49, 11-17. PDF
Sower, S.A. and Iwamoto, R. N., 1985. Roundtable Discussions: Induced Ovulation, Sex Control, and Environmental Manipulations. PDF
Sower, S. A., Plisetskaya, E. and Gorbman, A., 1985. Changes in plasma steroid and thyroid hormones and insulin during final maturation and spawning of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 58, 259-269. PDF
Sower, S. A., Plisetskaya, E. and Gorbman, A., 1985. Steroid and thyroid hormone profiles following a single injection of partly purified salmon gonadotropin or GnRH analogues in male and female sea lamprey. J Exp Zool. 235, 403-408. PDF
1984
Plisetskaya, E., Sower, S. A., and Gorbman, A. , 1984. Profiles of Plasma Thyroid Hormones and Insulin during the Upstream Spawning Migration of the Sea Lampreys, Petromyzon marinus.
Sower, S. A., Dickhoff, W., Flagg, T., Mighell, J. and Mahnken, C., 1984. Effects of Estradiol and diethylstilbesterol on sex reversal and mortality in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture. 43, 75-81. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Iwamoto, R. N. 1984. Acknowledgements, Prologue, and Epilogue for Aquaculture. PDF
Sower, S. A., Iwamoto, R. N., Dickoff, W. W. and Gorbman, A., 1984. Ovulatory and steroidal responses in coho slamon and stellhead trout following administartion of salmon gondotropin and D-Ala6,des Gly10 gondotropin-releasing hormone ethylamide (GnRHa). Aquaculture. 43, 35-46. PDF
Sower, S. A., Sullivan, C. V. and Gorbman, A., 1984. Changes in plasma estradiol and effects of triiodothyronine on plasma estradiol during smoltification of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 54, 486-492. PDF
Sower, S. A., Dickhoff, W., Flagg, T., Mighell, J. and Mahnken, C., 1984. Effects of Estradiol and diethylstilbesterol on sex reversal and mortality in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture. 43, 75-81. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Iwamoto, R. N. 1984. Acknowledgements, Prologue, and Epilogue for Aquaculture. PDF
Sower, S. A., Iwamoto, R. N., Dickoff, W. W. and Gorbman, A., 1984. Ovulatory and steroidal responses in coho slamon and stellhead trout following administartion of salmon gondotropin and D-Ala6,des Gly10 gondotropin-releasing hormone ethylamide (GnRHa). Aquaculture. 43, 35-46. PDF
Sower, S. A., Sullivan, C. V. and Gorbman, A., 1984. Changes in plasma estradiol and effects of triiodothyronine on plasma estradiol during smoltification of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 54, 486-492. PDF
1983
Martin, R. W., Myers, J., Sower, S. A., Phillips, D. and McAuly, C., 1983. Ultrasonic imaging, a potential tool for sex determination of live fish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 3, 258-264. PDF
Plisetskaya, E., Sower, S. A. and Gorbman, A., 1983. The effects of insulin insufficiency on plasma thyroid hormones and some metabolic constituents in Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stouti. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 49, 315-319. PDF
Sower, S. A., Dickoff, W. W., Gorbman, A., Rivier, J. E. and Vale, W. W., 1983. Ovulatory and steroidal responses in the lamprey following administration of salmon gonadotropin and agonistic and antagonistic analogues of GnRH. Can. J. Zool. 61, 2653-2659. PDF
Sower, S. A., Schreck, C. B. and Evenson, M., 1983. Effects of steroids and steroid antagonists on growth, gonadal development, and RNA/DNA rations in juvenile stealhead trout. Aquaculture. 32, 243-254. PDF
Plisetskaya, E., Sower, S. A. and Gorbman, A., 1983. The effects of insulin insufficiency on plasma thyroid hormones and some metabolic constituents in Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stouti. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 49, 315-319. PDF
Sower, S. A., Dickoff, W. W., Gorbman, A., Rivier, J. E. and Vale, W. W., 1983. Ovulatory and steroidal responses in the lamprey following administration of salmon gonadotropin and agonistic and antagonistic analogues of GnRH. Can. J. Zool. 61, 2653-2659. PDF
Sower, S. A., Schreck, C. B. and Evenson, M., 1983. Effects of steroids and steroid antagonists on growth, gonadal development, and RNA/DNA rations in juvenile stealhead trout. Aquaculture. 32, 243-254. PDF
1982
Sower, S. A. and Schreck, C. B., 1982. In vitro induction of final maturation of oocytes from coho salmon. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 111, 399-403. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Schreck, C. B. 1982. Sexual maturation of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, accelerated ovulation and circulating steriod and ion levels of salmon in freshwater and seawater. Proc. North Pacific Aquaculture Symp. Alaska Sea Grant Publication. Alaska, Oregon. 82:27-235.
Sower, S. A. and Schreck, C. B., 1982. Steroid and thyroid hormones during sexual maturation of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in seawater or fresh water. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 47, 42-53. PDF
Sower, S. A., Schreck, C. B. and Donaldson, E. M., 1982. Hormone-induced ovulation of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, held in seawater and fresh water. Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 39, 627-632. PDF
Sower, S. A. and Schreck, C. B. 1982. Sexual maturation of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, accelerated ovulation and circulating steriod and ion levels of salmon in freshwater and seawater. Proc. North Pacific Aquaculture Symp. Alaska Sea Grant Publication. Alaska, Oregon. 82:27-235.
Sower, S. A. and Schreck, C. B., 1982. Steroid and thyroid hormones during sexual maturation of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in seawater or fresh water. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 47, 42-53. PDF
Sower, S. A., Schreck, C. B. and Donaldson, E. M., 1982. Hormone-induced ovulation of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, held in seawater and fresh water. Can J Fish Aquat Sci. 39, 627-632. PDF