DIURNAL RHYTHM IN THE ADRENAL CORTICAL SECRETION AND IN THE RATE OF METABOLISM OF CORTICOSTERONE IN THE RAT

1 June 1965

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

Vol. 49 (2) , 289-292
https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0490289

Abstract

The diurnal rhythm in the adrenal secretion, the plasma levels, and the rate of disappearance of corticosterone (11[beta],21-dihydroxy-pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) from plasma has been studied in rats 7 and 30 days after optic enucleation. Some important differences have been observed as compared with normal animals. The influence of the photoperiod on the hypophyseal-adrenal axis, on the steroid blood levels, and on the hormone metabolism is discussed.

Keywords

ADRENAL GLANDS
BLINDNESS
BLOOD
CORTICOSTERONE
EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY
METABOLISM
PERIODICITY
PHYSIOLOGY
RATS

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DIURNAL RHYTHM IN THE ADRENAL CORTICAL SECRETION AND IN THE RATE OF METABOLISM OF CORTICOSTERONE IN THE RAT
Acta Endocrinologica, 1963