title: The content of vasopressin and oxytocin in the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis of pinealectomized male rats.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin