title: Basal levels of pituitary ACTH and plasma corticosterone after complete or frontal cuts around medial basal hypothalamus.
abstract: Plasma corticosterone level and corticotropin (ACTH) content of the anterior pituitary (AP) were measured after various cuts around the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH). Seven to eight days after placing a complete cut around MBH there was no change in plasma corticosterone or ACTH content of AP; the slight rise in ACTH concentration was offset by the decreased weight of AP. Twenty eight days after a frontal cut there was no change in plasma corticosterone and in bioactive or immunoreactive ACTH concentration of AP.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood*; D003714:Denervation; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D007033:Hypothalamus, Middle / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003345:Corticosterone