EFFECTS OF BLINDING, PINEALECTOMY AND SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY ON FREE THYROXINE INDEX OF MALE GOLDEN HAMSTERS
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 86 (4), 758-762
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0860758
Abstract
Blinding young male golden hamsters led to a depression of the plasma free thyroxine index after an 8 wk period. Removal of either the pineal gland or the superior cervical ganglia of blind hamsters reversed the effects of blinding on the free thyroxine index. No significant effects were observed 2 wk after treatment. Previously reported effects of blinding and removal of the pineal gland or the superior cervical ganglia on testicular weight were confirmed. A similar mechanism of pineal inhibition of thyroid function and gonadal function is suggested.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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