FSH and LH Release During the First Ovulation Period of Immature Rats Pretreated with PMS

Abstract
Plasma and pituitary FSH and LH were measured by radioimmunoassay at different times during the first ovulation period (from 1100 h on day 28 to 0800 h on day 29) of immature rats pretreated with 3 IU PMS on day 26. Gonadotropin changes were compared with those of normal 4-day cyclic rats during the periovulatory period (from 1100 h on proestrus to 0800 h on estrus) to elucidate the mechanism responsible for the delay of the second estrus in these PMS-primed rats.