[Effects of the injection of kainic acid into the medial hypothalamus on the secretion of corticolipotropic hormones in the rat].

alpha-MSH secretion was significantly lowered in Rats after lesion of the mediobasal hypothalamus with microinjections of kainic acid. beta-Endorphin release after ether-stress was also reduced. In opposition, no significant change in basal and ether-stress ACTH secretion was observed.