PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - BENJAMIN F. STIMMEL AU - D. ROY MCCULLAGH AU - VALERIAN PICHA TI - THE THYROTROPIC HORMONE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND AND IODINE METABOLISM DP - 1936 May 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 49--55 VI - 57 IP - 1 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/57/1/49.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/57/1/49.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1936 May 01; 57 AB - 1. The effect of the thyrotropic hormone of the pituitary gland on blood and thyroid iodine of chicks and guinea pigs has been studied. 2. The decrease in thyroid iodine has been suggested as a possible means of assay of the thyrotropic hormone.