Functional Hypophysectomy Simply by Neck-Strangulation in the Rat: Applications for ACTH and LH Assays

• Main Authors: Ryo Nakayama (Author), Reiko Fujiwara (Author), Michio Masuoka (Author), Chiharu Higashiyama (Author), Takashi Nonoyama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The classical methods for hypophysectomy require a long training-period and at the end of each experiment, it is required to check any undue remnant of the hypophyseal tissue in the sella turcica, and there must be exclusion of such datum with the remnant from the experimental group. The present met...