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  • Title: The effects of hypophysectomy on the retinomotor responses of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
    Author: Ali MA, Pickford GE.
    Journal: Rev Can Biol; 1979 Sep; 38(3):139-44. PubMed ID: 515474.
    Abstract:
    This paper presents the results of an investigation concerned with the effects of long-term hypophysectomy on the retinomotor responses of the euryhaline killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus: 1. The eye of hypophysectomised Fundulus heteroclitus responds to light and dark in the same manner as that of intact controls: the retina is not in a state of permanent light-adaptation as claimed by Vilter (1942) for the hypophysectomised eel. 2. There is no evidence of a persistent circadian rhythm during continous darkness. 3. Unilateral illumination of the eye of intact fish results in dispersion of retinal pigment in both illuminated and unilluminated eyes, as in the goldfish (Ali, 1964), but no such contralateral response was evident after hypophysectomy. The cones are unresponsive.
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