title: Pineal vasotocin: release into cat cerebrospinal fluid by melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor.
abstract: The intracarotid injection of both synthetic melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor (MIF) and purified MIF prepared from bovine hypothalami induces arginine vasotocin release into cerebrospinal fluid of cats and significantly decreases the pineal arginine vasotocin content at 5 minutes after the injection. The present results demonstrate an extrapituitary endocrine effect of synthetic and purified bovine MIF.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pavel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gheorghiu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calb