Galantamine (GAL) is a selective, competitive and reversible acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, which increases the activity of the cholinergic system and hence gives rise to an improvement of cognitive functions in patients suffering from dementia of Alzheimer type. L-Carnitine (CAR) is a natural component of the mammalian tissue and is known to increase penetration of some chemical compou...

BACKGROUND Pectic acid extracted from plants increases the secretion of prolactin (PRL) when injected intravenously into ewes or fed to rats. Fragments of ewe hypophysis and lactating rabbit mammary gland incubated in vitro in the presence of pectic acid secreted more PRL and caseins compared to the controls. However, it is not known whether pectic acid directly stimulates PRL secretion in pitu...

Many different observations have called attention to the possibility of a relationship between the anterior lobe of the hypophysis and the thyroid glands, and this possibility is supported by their embryologic history. Nevertheless, few attempts have been made to ascertain whether the hypophysis contains the most characteristic chemical constituent of the thyroid, iodine. So far as can be found...

Hormonal influence resulting from serum gonadotropin was investigated by radiochemical activity studies of the degradation enzyme of monoamine oxidase catecholamines (MAo) in certain regions of the hypothalamus (area preoptica, corpus mamillare, infundibulum), which participates in the regulation of sheep sexual functioning, as well as in nucleus caudatus, in the hypophysis and epiphysis. We at...