DIURNAL RHYTHM IN THE ADRENAL CORTICAL SECRETION AND IN THE RATE OF METABOLISM OF CORTICOSTERONE IN THE RAT
- 1 November 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 44 (3) , 413-415
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0440413
Abstract
An absence of diurnal rhythm, and a reduction of adrenal secretion, plasma levels and rate of disappearance of corticosterone (11β,21-dihydroxy-pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) are observed in the rat after electrolytic lesions of the eminentia mediana. The possibility of a direct control of the hormonal metabolism by the hypothalamus is discussed.Keywords
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