ABSTRACT

C.ThyroidHormones a-MSHhasbeenreportedtostimulatethethyroidglandinanumberofspecies,butnot

inhumans.1821Theresultsoftheseinvestigatorshavesuggestedthatthethyrotropiceffect ofa-MSHwasexerteddirectlyonthethyroidglandandnotviathereleaseofTSH.