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Science 1 November 1974:
Vol. 186. no. 4162, pp. 446 - 447
DOI: 10.1126/science.186.4162.446
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Fetal Bin Growth: Selective Action by Growth Hormone

Vicki R. Sara 1, L. Lazarus 1, M. C. Stuart 1, and T. King 1

1 Garvan Institute of Medical Research. St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

Growth hormone was administered to pregnant rats maintained under dietary control, and fetal and placental growth and nutrition were examined. Growth hormone had a selective action on brain growth that could not be attributed to nutrient mobilization but suggested a trophic factor which is unique to the brain.


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