The content of vasopressin and oxytocin in the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis of pinealectomized male rats.
The content of vasopressin in the neurohypophysis as well as the content of oxytocin in both hypothalamus and neurohypophysis were found to decrease considerably 8 weeks following pinealectomy in male rats. It may be, therefore, concluded that the pineal body is in some way involved in the regulatory mechanisms for vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic neurons.
D000818:Animals; D006706:Homeostasis; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*
D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin