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IT has been found that when vasopressin is placed in contact with the serosal side of the isolated toad bladder, there follows an increased transfer of water from the mucosal to the serosal surface1. Green and Matty2 have reported a similar effect with thyroxine.
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MARUSIC, E., TORRETTI, J. Synergistic Action of Vasopressin and Thyroxine on Water Transfer on the Isolated Toad Bladder. Nature 202, 1118–1119 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021118a0
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