REDUCTION OF PITUITARY CONTENT OF ACTH BY CORTISONE
- 1 April 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 56 (4), 471-473
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-56-4-471
Abstract
Dogs were treated with cortisone, 100 mg/day, for 14, 44, and 71 days. Pituitaries were removed and assayed for ACTH content as compared to controls. ACTH content was found to be depressed to 54% of control levels in 14 days, 3% in 44 days and 2% in 71 days.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF CORTISONE AND ACTH IN MANArchives of Internal Medicine, 1950
- REGULATION OF PITUITARY ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC ACTIVITY DURING THE RESPONSE OF THE RAT TO ACUTE STRESS1Endocrinology, 1947