RELEASE OF CORTICOTROPHIN RELEASING FACTOR AND OTHER HYPOPHYSIOTROPIC SUBSTANCES FROM ISOLATED NERVE-ENDINGS (SYNAPTOSOMES)

in Journal of Endocrinology
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G. W. BENNETT
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J. A. EDWARDSON
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SUMMARY

Synaptosomes isolated from the sheep and the rat hypothalamus contain corticotrophin releasing factor, vasopressin, prolactin-release inhibiting factor and probably all of the substances which participate in the regulation of adenohypophysial function. Electrical field stimulation or depolarizing concentrations (55 mmol/l) of potassium ions cause a release of these factors from the incubated nerve-endings in a calcium-dependent manner. It is suggested that synaptosomes may provide a valuable approach to the study of mechanisms involved in hypothalamic neurosecretion in vitro.

 

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