Distribution and Release of Immunoreactive Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone in the Rat Hypothalamus: Effects of Thyroidectomy, Hypophysectomy and Treatment with Thyroid Hormones

Abstract
Immunoreactive thyroid-stimulating hormone (IR-TSH) has been detected in the hypothalamus and is released in vitro by a calcium-dependent mechanism when the tissue is depolarized. Recently, immunocyto