Salivary Gland Function in the Rat

Muhler, J.C. , and Shafer, W.G. : Experimental Dental Caries. IV. The Effect of Feeding Desiccated Thyroid and Thiouracil on Dental Caries in Rats, Science 119: 687, 1954.

Muhler, J.C. , and Shafer, W.G. : Experimental Dental Caries. VIII. Effect of Thvroid-Testosterone Administration on Dental Caries in the Rat, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 88: 191, 1955.

Muhler, J.C. , Bixler, D. , and Shafer, W.G. : Effect of Replacement Therapy on Dental Caries Experience of Radiothyroidectomized Rats, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 93: 328, 1956.

Shafer, W.G. , and Muhler, J.C. : The Effect of Desiccated Thyroid, Propylthiouracil, Testosterone, and Fluorine on the Submaxillary Glands of the Rat, J. D. Res. 35: 922, 1956.

Bixler, D. , Muhler, J.C. , Webster, R.C. , and Shafer, W.G. : Changes in Submaxillary Gland Ribonucleic Acid Following Hypophysectomy, Thyroidectomy and Various Hormone Treatments, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 94: 521, 1957.

Clark, P.G. , Shafer, W.G. , and Muhler, J.C. : Effect of Hormones on Structure and Proteolytic Activity of Salivary Glands, J. D. Res. 36: 403, 1957.

Bixler, D. , Muhler, J.C. , and Shafer, W.G. : The Relationship Between the Histology of the Thyroid and the Salivary Glands and the Incidence of Dental Caries in the Rat, J. D. Res. 36: 571, 1957.

Shafer, W.G. , Clark, P.G. , Bixler, D. , and Muhler, J.C. : Salivary Gland Function in Rats. II. Effects of Thyroid Function on Salivary Flow and Viscosity, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 98: 245, 1958.

Kochakian, C.D. , Endahl, B.R. , and Hall, H.D. : Arginase Activity of the Salivary Glands and Its Regulation by Androgens, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 89: 289, 1955.

Shafer, W.G. , and Muhler, J.C. : Experimental Dental Caries. VI. The Effect of Hypophysectomy on Dental Caries and the Salivary Glands of the Rat, J. D. Res. 34: 531, 1955.

Friedman, M.M. , and Becker, E. : Colorimetric Determination of Blood Arginase, Clin. Chem. 1: 110, 1955.