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Neurohumoral Control of the Release of Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone

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SINCE the stimuli which activate the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland to discharge adrenocorticotrophin (emotional stress, several drugs such as adrenaline, and so on) elicit a parallel release of antidiuretic hormone from the hypothalamus and from the neurohypophysis1, we thought it worth while to investigate the possibility that posterior pituitary hormones may play a part in the regulation of the secretion of adrenocorticotrophic hormone from the adenohypophysis.

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    L. MARTINI & C. MORPURGO

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MARTINI, L., MORPURGO, C. Neurohumoral Control of the Release of Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone. Nature 175, 1127–1128 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1751127a0

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