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Aging, infection, trauma, prolonged cortisol excess, somatostatin, dopamine or L-dopa, adrenaline (sometimes; Mannisto, et al., 1979), amphetamine, caffeine and fever can lower TSH, apart from the effect of feedback by the thyroid hormones, creating a situation in which TSH can appear normal or low, at the same time that there is a real hypothyroidism. -Ray [...]
Hum Reprod. 1999 Aug;14(8):2155-61. Tryptophan ingestion by pregnant rats induces pituitary and mammary tumours in the adult female offspring. Santana C, Martin L, Valladares F, Diaz-Flores L, Santana-Herrera C, Milena A, Rodríguez Díaz M. The present study was designed to evaluate the long-term consequences of tryptophan treatment on the central serotonergic activity in the female [...]
Peptides. 1990 Jan-Feb;11(1):59-63. Long-term salt loading impairs pituitary responsiveness to ACTH secretagogues and stress in rats. Dohanics J, Kovacs KJ, Folly G, Makara GB. Male Wistar rats were allowed to drink tap water ad lib (W), 2% saline (S) or 2% saline containing dexamethasone (S+D, 1 mg/l) for 7 days. On the 8th day rats [...]
Intern Med. 1998 May;37(5):472-5. A hypopituitary patient who attained tall stature without growth hormone. Kageyama K, Watanobe H, Nasushita R, Nishie M, Horiba N, Suda T. We describe an unusual patient with hypopituitarism who attained tall stature even without growth hormone (GH). A 37-year-old man was devoid of secondary sexual characteristics, but manifested tall stature [...]
Intern Med. 1998 May;37(5):472-5. A hypopituitary patient who attained tall stature without growth hormone. Kageyama K, Watanobe H, Nasushita R, Nishie M, Horiba N, Suda T. We describe an unusual patient with hypopituitarism who attained tall stature even without growth hormone (GH). A 37-year-old man was devoid of secondary sexual characteristics, but manifested tall stature [...]
Also see: “Normal” TSH: Marker for Increased Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease Thyroid Insufficiency. Is Thyroxine the Only Valuable Drug? High T4 Concentrations in the Brain – Suppression of Brain Metabolism Assessment of the Thyroid: Achilles Tendon Reflex TSH has direct actions on many cell types other than the thyroid, and probably contributes directly [...]
“Animal experiments show that lack of thyroid hormone can cause cystic ovaries.” -Ray Peat, PhD in “Nutrition for Women” Animal Reproduction Science Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 159-168, July 1995 The importance of thyroid hormone in experimental ovarian cyst formation in gilts Remigiusz Fitko, Jan Kucharski, Beata Szlezyngier The Anatomical Record Volume 90, Issue [...]
Also see: Exercise Induced Stress; Tryptophan, Fatigue, Training, and Performance; Carbohydrate Lowers Free Tryptophan Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 Feb;38(2):286-92. Effects of graded carbohydrate supplementation on the immune response in cycling. Scharhag J, Meyer T, Auracher M, Gabriel HH, Kindermann W. PURPOSE: This study examined the acute immune response after three standardized cycling sessions of [...]
On the level of the whole organism, stress causes overactivity of the pituitary, and removal of the pituitary extends life, and retards the hardening of the extracellular connective material (Everitt, et al., 1983). -Ray Peat, PhD Mech Ageing Dev. 1983 Jul-Aug;22(3-4):233-51. The anti-aging action of hypophysectomy in hypothalamic obese rats: effects on collagen aging, age-associated [...]
