EFFECT OF ADRENALINE AND NOR-ADRENALINE ON THE PLASMA LEVEL OF ACTH IN ADRENALECTOMIZED RATS

1 July 1955

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica

Vol. 19 (3) , 285-288
https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0190285

Abstract

Intravenously given epinephrine (0.25-2 [mu]g/100 g body weight) causes a fall in the plasma level of ACTH in adrenalectomized male albino rats. Norepinephrine given in the same way (4.2-11.2 [mu]g/100 g body weight) has no effect.

Keywords

ACTH/IN BLOOD
ADRENAL GLANDS/EFFECT OF EXCISION
ARTERENOL/EFFECTS
BLOOD
EPINEPHRINE/EFFECTS

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