In vitro studies on the control of the release of ACTH.

• Main Author: Schally, Andrew. V.
• Other Authors: Saffran, M. (Supervisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1957
• Subjects: Biochemistry.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111296

There is now good evidence that the Central Nervous System is largely responsible for the direct or indirect regulation of the endocrine glands (1). In the case of the neurohypophysis and the adrenal medulla this control is probably direct, as both these glands are richly innervated. On the other hand the control exerted by the central nervous system over the adenohypophysis and thereby the gonads, thyroid and adrenal cortex is incompletely understood (1), but the evidence points to a neurohumoral type of control (1). From the work of Harris and ethers it appears, that both the hypothalamus and the neurohypophysis are involved in the integration of the activity of the adenohypophysis.