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SINCE McCarrison1 in 1919 and Vincent2 in 1920 recorded the enlargement of the adrenals in the pigeon and the rat as a result of acute starvation, this anomalous result has been generally considered a hypertrophy3,4 ; no other tissue enlarges from such treatment.
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CAMERON, A., CARMICHAEL, J. Effect of Acute Starvation on the Adrenals of the White Rat. Nature 157, 483 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157483a0
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