THE FAILURE OF THE PINEAL GLAND REMOVAL IN NEONATAL ANIMALS TO INFLUENCE REPRODUCTION
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 54 (1), 189-192
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0540189
Abstract
One and five day old male and female rats were pinealectomized and their reproductive function studied when they matured. In females the fertility index was similar to untreated or sham operated groups. However, the females matured 8 to 9 days earlier as evidenced by the opening of the vaginal membrane. In males pinealectomy had no influence on testes development and accessory sex tissue weights. It is concluded that the regulatory function of the pineal gland with respect to gonadal function is a minor one.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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