title: [Age-and sex-related development of ACTH in the pars distalis and neurointermedia of rat pituitary].
abstract: The content of ACTH of the pars distalis and neurointermedia of the pituitary of adult Rats is higher in the male than in the female. This differenciation of content, according to sex, appears at puberty at the site of pars distalis; it only appears around the 60th day of life at the site of the pars intermedia. The androgens seem to be responsible for the higher percentages observed in the males.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors; D012741:Sexual Maturation
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone
vernacular_title: Evolution suivant l'âge et le sexe, el l'acth des pars distalis et neurointermedia de l'hypophyse de rats