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ABSTRACT
In order to characterize the secretion pattern of prolactin and GH in freely behaving lactating rats, frequent serial blood samples were collected through indwelling atrial cannulae and their prolactin and GH concentrations determined by radioimmunoassay. At the time of blood sampling, physical contact with the pups was recorded. Plasma prolactin and GH levels showed episodic changes which were independent of each other and there was no apparent correlation between hormone levels and contact between mother and pups. The data suggest that there are episodic fluctuations in plasma prolactin and GH concentrations in lactating rats. These changes do not appear to be closely correlated with the proximity of the mother to her pups.
J. Endocr. (1986) 111, 137–142
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SUMMARY
Anterior pituitary tissue was implanted into the hypothalamus, other parts of the brain and beneath the renal capsule of rats. Grafts in the ventral hypothalamus could retain a normal histological appearance despite a lack of any contact with the capillary loop system of the median eminence.
By observing the location of basophils in the grafts a 'hypophysiotrophic' area has been defined. In other sites the histological structure of the grafts was not maintained.
In animals with grafts in the hypophysiotrophic area the target organs might be well preserved, though sometimes the gonads were preserved and other target organs atrophied. Grafts in other sites always led to atrophy of the target organs.
It is concluded that the material from the hypothalamus essential for the maintenance of anterior pituitary structure and function is not simply a synaptic mediator discharged by nerve terminals into the portal circulation, but a true neurosecretory substance produced by and available from small neurones in the hypothalamus.
