Thyroxine-Induced Activation of Hypothalamo-Hypophysial Axis in Neotenic Salamander Larvae
- 29 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 194 (4264), 525-527
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.973134
Abstract
Thyroxine injected into the hypothalamus of neotenic Ambystoma tigrinum induces metamorphosis by activating hypothalamo-hypophysial stimulatory control of thyroid activity, thereby removing the hypothalamic block to metamorphosis.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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