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Science 17 July 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3942, pp. 285 - 286
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3942.285
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Pituitary Serotonin Content: Effects of Melatonin or Deprivation of Water

R. S. Piezzi 1 and R. J. Wurtman 1

1 Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02130

Relatively high concentrations of serotonin are found in the three regions of the rat pituitary gland. Administration of melatonin causes a selective increase in the serotonin concentration of the pars intermedia; deprivation of water for 5 days causes a selective decrease in the serotonin concentrations of the neural lobe and pars distalis.

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