Saavedra J M, Rougeot C, Dray F
Neuroendocrinology. 1983 Aug;37(2):164-5. doi: 10.1159/000123536.
Immunoreactive somatostatin is present in the intermediate pituitary lobe of the rat and, to a lesser extent, in the posterior lobe. Section of the pituitary stalk results in a marked (80%) decrease in somatostatin in the intermediate pituitary lobe, but no change in the peptide levels in the posterior lobe. These results indicate that a substantial part of intermediate lobe somatostatin is located in nerve fibers originated in the brain.
免疫反应性生长抑素存在于大鼠垂体中间叶，在后叶中含量较少。切断垂体柄会导致垂体中间叶中生长抑素显著减少（80%），但后叶中的肽水平没有变化。这些结果表明，中间叶生长抑素的很大一部分位于起源于脑的神经纤维中。
