Endocrinology, Vol 96, 1088-1093, Copyright © 1975 by Endocrine Society

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Surgical disconnection of the medial basal hypothalamus and pituitary function in the rhesus monkey. II. GH and cortisol secretion

LC Krey, KH Lu, WR Bulter, J Hotchkiss, F Piva and E Knobil

Eighteen female rhesus monkeys subjected to complete or anterior disconnection of the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) were studied to assess the effects of these deafferentation procedures on GH and cortisol secretion. Basal serum levels of GH were not disturbed or were slightly elevated following complete or anterior MBH disconnection. GH secretion in response to vasopressin administration or insulin hypoglycemia, however, was abolished by complete isolation of the MBH. In contrast, the elevations in serum cortisol concentrations observed in response to these noxious stimuli were not noticeably affected. The normal diurnal rhythm in cortisol secretion remained fully evident following anterior deafferentation, but was severely attenuated or abolished when all neuronal inputs to the MBH were transected. Such observations suggest that the central components of the neuroendocrine systems which regulate basal GH secretion and which subserve stress- induced elevations in cortisol secretion are resident within the MBH- hypophysial unit. In addition, these data indicate that the mechanisms underlying the diurnal rhythm in cortisol secretion, as well as those mediating the discharges of GH in response to vasopressin administration and insulin hypoglycemia, are dependent on the integrity of neuronal connections between the MBH and other hypothalamic and/or extrahypothalamic areas.

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