Pituitary Serotonin Content: Effects of Melatonin or Deprivation of Water
- 17 July 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3942), 285-286
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3942.285
Abstract
Relatively high concentrations of serotonin are found in the three regions of the rat pituitary gland. Administration of melatonin causes a selective increase in the serotonin concentration of the pars intermedia; deprivation of water for 5 days causes a selective decrease in the serotonin concentrations of the neural lobe and pars distalis.Keywords
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