SUBJECT INDEX
A
Absorption of seawater, 344
ACTH, see Adrenocorticotropic hormone
ACTH cells, 18-25
ACTH on, 23
aldactone on, 23
cortisol on, 22, 23
interrenal stimulation and, 20
interrenalectomy and, 23
location, 18
reserpine on, 23
stress on, 24
thiourea on, 24
thyroxine on, 24
Actinomysin, 341
Adenohypophysis, 1-93, see also
Pituitary
general description, 2-50, 83, 84
histophysiology, 2 4 , 9-58
hypothalamic control, 70-74, 147, 148
neurosecretory terminations in, 71
type A and B fibers in, 71
ACTH on, 350
amphenone B on, 350
general description, 322, 323
metopirone on, 350
pharmacological induction of insufficiency, 345-346
physiological role, 331-349
reserpine on, 350, 351
Adrenalectomy, 334-343, 358
Adrenocortical axis, 176, 349-352, 360
Adrenocorticosteroids, 323331
Adrenal cortex
biogenesis, 328-330
on blood cells, 348, 349
carbohydrate metabolism and, 346-348
molecular configuration, 323
osmoregulation and, 33-45
in plasma, 323-328, 355, 356
protein metabolism and, 346-348
regulation of function, 331, 332
renal function and, 341
sexual maturation, 355
Adrenocorticotropic hormone, see also
ACTH cells
biochemistry of, 349, 350
in cyclostomes, 351
in elasmobranchs, 84, 351
extra-adrenocortical activity of, 352glycogenolysis and, 348
melanogenesis and, 218
osmoregulation and, 213, 352355
protein catabolism and, 346
SU 4885 on, 21
in teleosts, 213, 218, 350352
355
AF, see Aldehyde fuchsin
Alcian blue, 19
Aldactone, 332
Aldehyde fuchsin, 4
Aldehyde thionin, 59
Aldehyde thionine-PAS-naphthol yellow,
33
Aldolase, 294
Aldosterone, 323, 328, 332, 333, 337
Alizarin blue tetrachrome, 4, 18, 20, 21,
Aliz B, see Alizarin blue tetrachrome
Alloxan, 299, 300, 301
Alpha ( a ) cells, see GH cells
Amphenone B, 345, 350
Angiotensin 11, 393, see also Corpuscles
Angiotensinase, 356, see also Corpuscles
Arginine-lysine vasopressin, 140
26, 33
of Stannius
of Stannius
440