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THE PITUITARY GLAND AND THE VASCULAR TONE OF THE KIDNEY
Author(s) -
Brull L.,
Louis-Bar D.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1953.sp001020
Subject(s) - pituitary gland , hypophysectomy , medicine , endocrinology , blood pressure , blood flow , kidney , renal blood flow , vascular tone , hormone , vasodilation
In 7 out of 8 experiments in which the pituitary body had been removed for two or more hours, the renal blood flow increased in parallel with large increases of blood pressure. This and previous work suggests that after hypophysectomy there is an alteration of the response of kidneys to pressure in dogs, and that the pituitary body contributes a vasoconstrictor principle to the blood.