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Injections of insulin (0·2 or 0·01 i.u./20 μl) into the lateral ventricle of the rat brain, while not changing blood glucose levels or altering the pituitary content of growth hormone (GH), blocked the release of GH from the pituitary and the decrease of growth-hormone releasing activity (GHRF) of stalk median eminence (SME) extracts in the presence of the hypoglycaemic effect on insulin (2 i.u./kg) given intraperitoneally. Intraventricular administration of insulin also impaired the GH release elicited by cold exposure (4 °C, 1 h) but not the release induced by electric shock. The possibility that insulin injected into the brain acts on glucose-sensitive GH-regulating structures is suggested.
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The neurohaemal part of the median eminence of the rat hypothalamus is characterized by numerous nerve terminals which end near a rich network of fenestrated capillaries. An attempt was made to isolate different types of nerve terminals by means of sucrose density-gradient centrifugation. The subcellular fractions obtained were assayed for dopamine, noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine. In addition FSH- and GH-releasing activities were determined. A sample of each fraction obtained was taken for electron microscopical observations.
Dopamine, noradrenaline, 5-hydroxytryptamine, GH- and FSH-releasing factors were present in higher concentration in the nerve endings. A further fractionation showed that noradrenaline was present in the lightest synaptosomal band, dopamine in the middle one, and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the heaviest. GH-RF and FSH-RF were recovered mainly from the band containing dopamine. The relevance of this localization to the physiological role of the median eminence is discussed.
