[Effects of pentobarbital on serum PRL and TSH in the basal condition and under TRH stimulation in man: preliminary note]. / Effetti del pentobarbital sui livelli sierici di PRL e TSH in condizioni basali e dopo stimolo con TRH nell'uomo: nota preliminare.

The Authors have tested serum levels of PRL and TSH in six healthy males, anaesthesized with 20 mg./Kg. body weight of pentobarbital with and without stimultion with TRH. PB has no effect on serum levels of TSH but there is an inhibition of PRL release 180', 240' and 360' after the administration of the drug. The AA. have found no effects of PB on the stimulation test with TRH. All the data obtained have been examined with Student's "T" test.

[Effects of pentobarbital on serum levels of LH and FSH, in normal conditions and after GnRH stimulation: preliminary report]. / Effetti del pentobarbital sui livelli sierici di LH ed FSH, nell'uomo, in condizioni basali e dopo stimolo con GnRH: nota preliminare.

The authors have tested serum levels of LH and FSH in healthy males anaesthetized with 20 mg/Kg body weight of pentobarbital, and stimulation test with GnRH. LH has reached levels higher than the stimulation test has been practised in the anaesthetized volunteers than in subjects awakes. The AA. have also showed that there is no effect on psychic stress and of atropine, used as preanaesthetic drug, on serum levels of the pituitary hormones. At the end, PB has no effect on serum levels of FSH.