Studies prove that using aromatherapy with lavender oil generates reduction of anxiety, sedative, antidepressant, soothing, antispasmodic, analgesic and healing effects. A fact occurs due to the inhibitory action on hypothalamic-hypophysis-adrenal axis, which results in release cortisol, stress hormone. Promoting, other hand, serotonin, generating a feeling pleasure well-being. Thus, present st...

Estradiol in large amounts reduces the incorporation of radioactive sulfate into cartilage and aortas of rats. This reduction becomes apparent within 3 days for cartilage and 3 weeks for aorta. The effect is not mediated through suppression of testosterone secretion and the hypophysis is not necessary for the effect to be demonstrated. The thoracic segment of aortas from normal rats incorporate...

It is a well known faet that the intcrruption of the hypothalamus-hypo­ physcal tract, removal of the hypophysis oc rcmoval of thc ncurohypoph}/sis :llone, induces the cxcretion of a large volume of diluted urine Also, in several cases, animals with diabetes insipidus produce slightly hypertonic urine (7) . In this study, hypophysectomized-adrenaJectomized rats were found to be !lear normal in ...

The basal encephaloceles refer to rare entities and they correspond to herniation of brain tissue through defects of skull along the cribiform plate or the sphenoid bone. A rare morning glory syndrome, with characteristic retinal defect has been reported in association with basal encephaloceles. Hypophysis hormonal deficiencies may occur. We accounted for a pituitary dwarfism with delayed diagn...