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Effect on the Thyroid Gland of Protracted Administration of Posterior Hypothalamic Extracts

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As a follow-up of our investigations of the neurosecretory function of diencephalon1 we have examined the effect on the histophysiology and respiratory function of the thyroid glands of rats of protracted administration of extracts of different regions of the hypothalamus and of the cortex.

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BACHRACH, D., LÁSZLÓ, A., SZABÓ, É. et al. Effect on the Thyroid Gland of Protracted Administration of Posterior Hypothalamic Extracts. Nature 194, 583 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194583a0

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