...Fermín C. Iturriza; Celia G. Ferese-Spinelli Corticotrophs of the pituitary pars distalis do not contain immunohistochemically detectable α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH). After grafting the glands beneath the renal capsule for 25 days, this hormone could be demonstrated in corticotrophs...

...Fermín C. lturriza When histological sections of noninnervated kidney grafts of pituitary pars intermedia were immunohistochemically processed for the demonstration of either alpha melanocyte-stimulating hormone or adrenocorticotropic hormone, chromophilic (dark) and chromophobic (light) cells...

... and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), and corticosterone were estimated in plasma. The adrenal/body weight ratio and DNA content of the glands were also investigated. The following results were obtained: MSH was found not to be increased in unstressed rats...

...Hans J. Leenders; Jan J.W. Janssens; Henry J.M. Theunissen; Bruce G. Jenks; Abraham P. van Overbeeke This report concerns ontogenetic aspects of the production and in vitro release of NH 2 -terminally acetylated forms of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and β-endorphin by the pars intermedia...

...Stewart P. Mennin; Linda C. Saland Pituitary intermediate lobe melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) is responsible for normal skin darkening in amphibians. Light-background adapted frogs ( Rana pipiens ) injected with naloxone and placed on black backgrounds maintain melanophore indices...

...F.J.H. Tilders; P.G. Smelik Resting pituitary melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) content was studied in adult rats kept under a controlled 14 h light-10 h dark regimen. A diurnal rhythm was found in pituitary MSH levels, showing peak values at 4.00–6.00 p.m., and low values during darkness...

.... Melanocyte-stimulating hormone Catecholamines Hypothalamus Intermediate lobe Reserpine Dibenamine Ncuroendocrinology 10: 235-245 (1972) Role of Catecholamines in the Control of Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Secretion in Rats S. Taleisnik, Maria E. Tomatis and Maria E. Celis Instituto de...

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...Lourdes Mounien; Patrice Bizet; Isabelle Boutelet; Hubert Vaudry; Sylvie Jégou Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), two neuropeptides that are synthesized in neurons of the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, exert opposite actions on food intake and body weight. NPY...

... Catecholamines Intermediate lobe Melanocyte-stimulating hormone A model was developed for the mechanisms of control of the secretion and release of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) from the pars intermedia (PI) of the pituitary [ 1 ]. Stated in that review is the fact that the PI and pars nervosa...

...Ryusei Matsumura; Sakae Takeuchi; Sumio Takahashi Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) stimulates prolactin (PRL) release and mammotrope proliferation in mouse anterior pituitary glands. The present study investigated the regulation of melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3-R) mRNA levels in mice...

... room with free access to the CE-7 commercial diet (CLEA Japan Inc.) and tap water ad libitum. All animal care and experiments were carried out according to the Guidelines of Animal Experimentation, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Japan. Melanocyte-stimulating hormone Melanocortin...

...Erwin H. van den Burg; Juriaan R. Metz; H. Alec Ross; Veerle M. Darras; Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga; Gert Flik This study investigates whether thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and N-acetyl β-endorphin (NAc β-END), or the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4...

...Waljit S. Dhillo; Caroline J. Small; Leighton J. Seal; Min-Seon Kim; Sarah A. Stanley; Kevin G. Murphy; Mohammed A. Ghatei; Stephen R. Bloom α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is an agonist, and agouti-related protein (Agrp) an endogenous antagonist at the melanocortin 3 and 4 receptors which...

... RNA in the hypothalamic GT1-1 and GT1-7 cells. In addition, GT1-7 cells expressed melanocortin-3 receptor while the GT1-1 subclone specifically expressed predominantly the MC4-R RNA. High-affinity binding sites were demonstrated in the GT1-1 and GT1-7 cells for NDP-α melanocyte-stimulating hormone...