The posterior pituitary hormone and the parasympathetic nervous system
By: by Harvey Cushing.
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1931
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Pituitary Hormones, Posterior -- physiology.; Parasympathetic Nervous System.
Table of contents: value: I. The reaction to posterior pituitary extract (pituitrin) when introduced into the cerebral ventricles; value: II. The similarity in the responses to posterior lobe extract (pituitrin) and to pilocarpine when injected into the cerebral ventricles; value: III. The action of atropine in counteracting the effects of intraventricular pituitrin and of pilocarpine; value: IV. The method of action of intraventricular pituitrin; value: V. The counteractive effect of tribromethanol (avertin) on the stimulatory response to pituitrin injected in the ventricle; value: VI. Concerning a possible "parasympathetic centre" in the diencephalon.