Thyroxine: Effects of Neonatal Administration on Maturation, Development, and Behavior
- 10 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 155 (3767), 1279-1281
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3767.1279
Abstract
Thyroxine was administered to infant rats within the first 3 days of postnatal life; controls receiving 0.01N NaOH were from the same litter. Thyroxine accelerated the maturation of the pituitary-adrenal response to elec tric shock. The "startle response" ap peared earlier in the experimental ani mals, as did the development and re sponse of the electroencephalogram to novel stimuli. The thyroxine-treated rats, when 16 to 18 days old, acquired a conditioned-avoidance response faster than did controls.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Thyroid Hormone Induction of α-Glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase in Rats of Different AgesEndocrinology, 1966
- Metabolic and Maturational Effects of Thyroxine on the Infant RatEndocrinology, 1966
- Evidence for a direct effect of temperature and thyroid hormone on myelinogenesis in vitroDevelopmental Biology, 1966
- THE ORIENTATION REACTIONPublished by Elsevier BV ,1966
- Metamorphosis-Activating System of the FrogScience, 1963
- Neonatal Adrenal Cortical Response to Stress and Vasopressin.Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1962
- AGE AS A FACTOR DETERMINING THE SEVERITY AND REVERSIBILITY OF THE EFFECTS OF THYROID DEPRIVATION IN THE RATJournal of Endocrinology, 1961
- The electroencephalogram of normal and hypothyroid ratsElectroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1960
- The maturation of behaviour in hypothyroidism and starvationThe British Journal of Animal Behaviour, 1955
- THE MATURATION OF THE PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS IN THE NEWBORN RAT1Endocrinology, 1950