The brief (60-min) infusion of a small amount (1.25 mug) of ACTH into 7 normal subjects on an unrestricted sodium intake resulted in a vigorous plasma aldosterone response in each case. This finding suggests that physiologic fluctuations in ACTH may significantly alter aldosterone secretion in normal man.
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Nicholls et al. (1975) studied this question.