NEUROENDOCRINE MECHANISM OF COLOR CHANGE IN BUFO ARENARUM HENSEL
- 1 May 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 30 (5), 782-786
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-30-5-782
Abstract
A technique to test the melanotrophic action of blood is studied. Light produces pallor of the toad by inhibiting the secretion of melanotrophic hormone and by increasing that of the adrenals; the eyes are the most important receptors of the color regulating stimuli. The lobus infun-dibularis inhibits the secretion of melanotrophic hormone and stimulates the secretion of adrenaline. The peripheral nerves concentrate the pigment of melanophores but their importance is small; in the regulation of color, humoral factors are predominant.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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