Open AccessThe secretion of inorganic phosphate by the kidney.—II. Influence of the pituitary gland and of the wall of the third ventricle
Author(s) -
L Brull,
Fritz Eichholtz
Publication year - 1925
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1925.0069
Subject(s) - secretion , medicine , endocrinology , phosphate , kidney , potassium , ventricle , chemistry , diuretic , pituitary gland , calcium , biology , biochemistry , hormone , organic chemistry
In previous experiments on the diuretic properties of calcium and potassium ions (1), we tried the effect of removing various organs from the whole animal, in order to investigate whether they exert some influence on the secretory functions of the kidney. We were struck by the fact that after removal of the pituitary body, the kidney may lose in the following few hours its power of secreting inorganic phosphorus. Since in those experiments inorganic salts, which may have an influence on P secretion, were injected, we started a separate study of the action of the pituitary on phosphate excretion.