Date of Award:
5-1-1954
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Biology
Department name when degree awarded
Physiology
Committee Chair(s)
Clyde Biddulph
Committee
Clyde Biddulph
Committee
Datus Hammond
Committee
Thomas Bahler
Committee
Sidney Boyle
Committee
Eldon J. Gardner
Abstract
It is well known that the anterior pituitary gland exerts through its gonadotrophic hormones a definite stimulationg effect on the gonads and that the gonads in turn have a reciprocal endocrine effect on the anterior pituitary. This importance of the anterior pituitary to gonadal function was first demonstrated by P. E. Smith (34). Other prominent early workers who further elucidated the reciprocal endocrine relationship were Moore and Price (25). Following a great deal of study and experimental work by many groups, A. E. Severinghaus (32) correlated all available information and postulated the secretory cycle of the pituitary in relation to its cytology. A detailed review of the mechanisms of the pituitary-gonad relationship may now be found in any recent textbook (16).
Recommended Citation
Preator, Richard F., "A Comparison of the Effects of Injected Radioactive Phosphorus and Gonadectomy on the Anterior Pituitary Gland of the Albino Rat With Observations on the Thyroids, Adrenals, and Male Sex Accessories" (1954). Biology. 160.
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