SOME ASPECTS OF ZONATION AND FUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX

in Journal of Endocrinology
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I. CHESTER JONES
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C. C. ROBY
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SUMMARY

Male adult mice, 80 days after hypophysectomy, show approximately the same pattern of sodium and potassium intake and sodium, potassium and water output as normal mice. The healthy remnant of adrenal cortex left after the operation is thought to be responsible for the day-to-day competence of the hypophysectomized animal in salt-electrolyte metabolism. The histology of the cortex is described and it is shown that, with the injection of ACTH, a cortex of normal appearance can be regenerated from the persistent zona glomerulosa of the long-term hypophysectomized mouse.

 

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