RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 THE THYROTROPIC HORMONE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND AND IODINE METABOLISM JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 49 OP 55 VO 57 IS 1 A1 BENJAMIN F. STIMMEL A1 D. ROY MCCULLAGH A1 VALERIAN PICHA YR 1936 UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/57/1/49.abstract 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.