Molecular forms of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in the canine pituitary anterior and intermediate lobe

Canine Hypophysectomy Using a Ventral Paramedian Approach

“…Haloperidol (0.2 mg/kg IV; Sigma Chemical) was administered and the pituitary intermediate lobe response quantitated by measurement of α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (α‐MSH) using a previously validated technique 19,20 . The α‐MSH assay, developed in 1 authors' lab (R.J.K.…”