Levels of GH in serum were assayed during the development of heterozygous (HET) control and vasopressin-deficient homozygous (HOM) Brattleboro rats. In early postnatal growth no differences in GH concentrations were present between HET and HOM rats for the rapid decline in serum levels of GH in the first week and the constant period up to day 24 of age thereafter. However, higher values were found in 55-day-old HOM rats and lower values at the age of 9 months. It is concluded that the stunted development of the body and brain of HOM rats is not GH-related, and that changes or anomalies in GH secretion appear only after neurogenesis has been completed.
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