Action of thyroid hormones on brain metabolism of newborn rats.

摘要: Summary1. Thyroxine, tr.iiodothyronine and thyrotrophic hormone significantly raise the brain oxidation of newborn rats; dry substance content is also raised. These changes were regarded as an acceleration normal maturation processes. 2. It assumed that described aotion thyroid hormones on animals due to a still incompletely developed blood barrier.