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My Way from Hypophysectomy to Hypophyseal Portal Vessels (1934–1954)

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The story of my contribution to what nowadays is called neuroendocrinology begins with hypophysectomies in rabbits. This species is a reflex ovulatory and the study of the effects of the removal of the pituitary gland on ovulation and the formation and life-span of corpora lutea led straight into the problem of the neural control of the hypophysis.

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  1. Institute of Physiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    Dora Jacobsohn

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  1. Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Joseph Meites

  2. Department of Physiology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England

    Bernard T. Donovan

  3. Department of Physiology Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Samuel M. McCann

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Jacobsohn, D. (1975). My Way from Hypophysectomy to Hypophyseal Portal Vessels (1934–1954). In: Meites, J., Donovan, B.T., McCann, S.M. (eds) Pioneers in Neuroendocrinology. Perspectives in Neuroendocrine Research, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2652-6_13

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