Subject Index 



AAF, 216 

 Aborigines 



Australian, 99 

 ACTH, 197, 200, 209, 214, 220, 232, 243 



assajdng, 248 



basal release rate, 215 



A-1 fraction, 203 



endogenous, 249 



exogenous, 249 



inhibiting the release, 215 



mice, 237 



rabbits, 237 



rats, 237 



regulation of the release, 213 



release, 216, 217 



release fraction, 215 



secretion, 237, 258 



secretion of ADH, 241 



secretion of aldosterone, 202 



sj-nthesis, 216 

 Activity 



hyperactivity, 9 



minimal, 9 



normal level, 16 



normal nocturnal period, 16 



24-hour rhj-thm, 9 



endocrine glands of, 192 



evolutionary, 123 

 Adaptive mechanisms, 190 



atrophy, 244 

 Adaptive responses 



measurements of the endocrine, 242 

 Adenohypophysis, 214, 233 



arterial supply, 213 

 ADH, 201, 214, 241 

 Adirondacks, 55 

 Adjustment 



learned, 89 

 Adrenal 



androgen, 206 



effect on nursing young, 276 



atrophy, 238 



ascorbic acid, 248 

 depletion, 192 



Callothrix nrgentata, 196 



cat, 195 



Cerropithent^, 195, 196 



chimpanzee, 195 



cholesterol, 192, 193, 248 



circulation, 195 



Ciiellus tridecemlineatus, 196 



Cleihriononiys glareolus, 196 



colobus monkej', 196 



Colohus polykomos, 196 



cortex, 191, 192, 193, 217, 245, 246 



hormones, 199 



human beings, 212 



lipid vacuoles, 194 



measurements of increased function, 

 245 



Microsorex hoyi, 246 



parenchjina, 195 



Sorex cinereus, 246 



Sorex dispar, 246 



Sorex fumeus, 246 



Sorex palustris, 246 



secretorj' activity, 248 



sex steroids, 219 



sex steroidal activity, 218 



sudanophilia, 197 



X-zone, 217 



X-zone of mice, 282 



zona fasciculata, 194 



zona glomerulosa, 194, 199 



zona reticularis, 194 



zonation of, 194 

 demeduUation, 228 

 cow, 196 

 Crocidura, 196 

 gland, 192 



effects of h\T5ophysectom\- on, 196 



fetal zones of the, 195 



general morphology of, 193 



ground squirrels, 196 



hamsters, 196 



histologic measurements, 247 



histology, 195 



humans, 195, 196 



hypertrophj', 238, 246 



lipid content, 193 



Loris, 196 



Macaca mulatta, 195 



macaque, 195, 196 



marmoset, 196 



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