The effect of a high-voltage electric fiedl on neurosecretion and on certain diencephalic protein fractions in the rat.

Exposure of Wistar male rats to an electric field of 100 lV/m for 120 minutes produced intense mobilization of the neurosecretory material in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei and significant changes in some protein fractions of the hypothalamus, pineal body and neurohypophysis. The significance and possible mechanisms of these effects are discussed.