[The direct stimulating effect of arginine vasotocin on the functional activity of the interrenal gland in the frog Rana temporaria].

Using radioimmunoassay it has been detected that both nonoperated and hypophysectomized, lacking endogenous ACTH, frogs injected one or three times with arginine vasotocin (5.10(-9) M/kg b. w.

[Histophysiological analysis of adaptation of ecologically different species of sturgeons to hypertonic medium].

In saplings of Acipensar güldenstädti Brandt while adapting to sea water with salinity of 12.5%, the main functional changes in the chloride cells of the branchiae, the thyroid gland and interrenal tissue occur within the first 12 hours. During this period, concentration of osmotically active substances in blood serum increases (the first stage).