Reduction of beta-endorphin content in the rat pituitary after dehydration and adrenalectomy.
Both dehydration and adrenalectomy of rats caused a significant reduction of immunoreactive beta-endorphin in the pituitary gland. Beta-Endorphin in hypothalamus, however, was not altered in either dehydrated or adrenalectomized rats.
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000502:physiology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D003681:Dehydration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004723:Endorphins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
D004723:Endorphins