MSH Activity in Rat Pituitaries After Pinealectomy.

1 April 1967

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 124 (4) , 1275-1277
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-124-31986

Abstract

Pinealectomy resulted in elevation of the MSH content of the pituitary glands of albino rats. This increased level of pituitary MSH persisted for several weeks in 9-week-old rats, but for only a few days in 3-week-old rats.

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