Book Chapters

1. Skinner, M.K., Nilsson, E.E., and Bhandari, R.K. (2008). Cell-Cell Signaling in the Testis and Ovary. In: Handbook of Cell Signaling (Ralph A Bradshaw and Edward Dennis, eds.) Academic Press/Elsevier Science Publishing. (In Press).


Published original Papers (Pubmed /  ISI)

21. Westring, C.G., Ando, H., Kitahashi, T.,  Bhandari, R.K., Ueda, H., Urano, A.,  Dores, R.M.,  Sher, A.A. and Danielson, P.B. (2007). Seasonal changes in CRF-I and urotensin I transcript levels in masu salmon: Correlation with cortisol secretion during spawning. General and Comparative Endocrinology (Pubmed).

20. Nakamura M. Alam, M.A., Kobayashi, Y. and Bhandari, R.K.  (2007). An overview of protogynous sex change in grouper. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 15: 23-27.

19. Kojima, Y. Bhandari, R.K., Kobayashi, Y. and Nakamura M. (2007). Male to female sex reversal of primary male wrasse with estrogen treatment. General and Comparative Endocrinology (In press).

18. Komatsu, T. Bhandari, R.K., Nakamura, M. (2006). Acceleration of precocious spermatogenesis in under-yearling Golden Rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus, Bloch) by GnRHa treatments. Aquaculture 257: 558-565 [ScienceDirect].

17. Nakamura M., Kobayashi, Y., Miura, S. Alam, M.A., and Bhandari R.K. (2006). Sex change in coral reef fish. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 31: 117-122 [Springer].

16. Alam, M.A.,, Bhandari, R.K. ,Kobayashi, Y., Soyano K., and Nakamura, M., (2006). Induction of sex change within two full moons during breeding season and spawning in grouper. Aquaculture 255: 532-535. [ScienceDirect].

15. Alam, M.A., Bhandari, R.K., Kobayashi, Y., Soyano, K., and Nakamura, M. (2006). Changes in androgen-producing cell size and circulating 11-ketotestosterone levels during female-to-male sex change in Honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra). Molecular Reproduction and Development. 73(2):206-14 [Pubmed].

14. Bhandari, R.K. , Alam, M.A.,, Soyano K., and Nakamura, M., (2006). Induction of female-to-male sex change in the honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra) by 11-ketotestosterone treatments. Zoological Science 23: 65-69 [Pubmed].

13. Bhandari, R.K., Nakamura, M., Kobayashi, T., and Nagahama, Y. (2006). Suppression of steroidogenic enzyme expression during androgen-induced sex reversal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 145: 20-4 [Pubmed].

12. Bhandari, R.K., Alam, M.A., Higa, M. Soyano, K., Nakamura, M. (2005). Evidence that estrogen regulates the sex change of honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra), a protogynous hermaphrodite fish. Journal of Experimental Zoology 330A: 497-503. [Pubmed]

11. Jodo, A.., Kitahashi, T., Taniyama, S., Bhandari, R.K., Ueda, H., Urano, A. and Ando, H. (2005). Seasonal variations in expression of five subtypes of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor genes in the brain of masu salmon from immaturity to spawning. Zoological Science 22: 1331-1338 [Pubmed].

10. Luo, Q., Ban, M., Ando, H., Kitahashi, T., Bhandari, R.K., McCormick, S.D. and Urano, A. (2005). Distinct effects of 4-nonylphenol and estrogen-17beta on expression of estrogen receptor a gene in smolting sockeye salmon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 140C:  123-130. [Pubmed]

9. Alam, M.A., Komuro, H., Bhandari, R.K. , Nakamura, S., Soyano, K., and Nakamura, M. (2005). Immunohistochemical evidence identifying the site of androgen production in the ovary of the protogynous grouper Epinephelus merra . Cell and Tissue Research 320: 323-329. [Pubmed]

8. Bhandari, R.K., Komuro, H., Higa, M., and Nakamura, M. (2004). Sex inversion of sexually immature honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra) by aromatase inhibitor. Zoological Science 21 (3): 305-310. [Pubmed]

7. Bhandari, R.K., Higa, M., Nakamura, S. and Nakamura, M. (2004). Aromatase inhibitor induces complete sex change in a protogynous honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra. Molecular Reproduction and development, 67(3): 303-307. [Pubmed]

6. Miura, S., Komatsu, T., Higa, M., Bhandari, R.K., Nakamura, S. and Nakamura, M. (2003). Gonadal sex differentiation in protandrous anemone fish, Amphiprion clarkii. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 165-166. [Springer]

5. Nakamura, M., Bhandari, R.K. and Higa, M. (2003). The role estrogens play in sex differentiation and sex changes of fish. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 113-117 (Review). [Springer]

4. Bhandari, R.K. Komuro, H., Nakamura, S., Higa, M., and Nakamura (2003). Gonadal restructuring and correlative steroid hormone profiles during natural sex change in protogynous honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra. Zoological Science 20: 1399-1404. [Pubmed]

3. Bhandari, R.K., Higa, M., Komuro, H., Nakamura, S. and Nakamura, M. (2003). Treatments with an aromatase inhibitor induces complete sex change in protogynous honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28: 141-142. [Springer]

2. Bhandari, R.K., Taniyama, S., Kitahashi, T., Ando, H., Yamauchi, K., Zohar, Y., Ueda, H., and Urano, A. (2003). Seasonal changes of responses to gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog in expression of growth hormone/prolactin/somatolactin genes in the pituitary of masu salmon. General and Comparative Endocrinology 130: 55-63. [Pubmed]

1. Bhandari, R.K., Ushikoshi, I., Fukuoka, H., Koide, N., Yamauchi, K., and Ueda, H. (2002). Effects of Rhizopus extract administration on somatic growth and sexual maturation in lacustrine sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Fisheries Science. 68 (4): 776-782. [Blackwell]