These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Pars intermedia ACTH and MSH content: effect of adrenalectomy, gonadectomy and a neurotropic (noise) stress.
    Author: Kraicer J, Beraud G, Lywood DW.
    Journal: Neuroendocrinology; 1977; 23(6):352-67. PubMed ID: 201881.
    Abstract:
    Pars intermedia (PI) ACTH and melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) content and pars distalis (PD) ACTH concentration were measured following 3 experimentally induced 'perturbations'. The feedback-induced increase in ACTH release following adrenalectomy is not accompanied by a change in PI ACTH and MSH contents, while the feedback-induced increase in gonadotropin secretion following gonadectomy is associated with significant changes in PI ACTH and MSH contents. A well-defined neurotropic (noise) stressor resulted in significant increases in PI ACTH and MSH. A striking finding in all of the studies was a positive correlation between PI ACTH and MSH contents. We conclude that PI ACTH and MSH secretion are altered with feedback-induced alterations in gonadotropin secretion and with neurotropic stressors.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]