Influence of pinealectomy on serum estrogen and progesterone levels in blind-anosmic female rats

G M Vaughan; R J Reiter; T M Siler-Khodr; J W Sackman; J P Allen; M K Vaughan; W L McGuire; L Y Johnson; P Starr

doi:10.1007/BF01981486

Influence of pinealectomy on serum estrogen and progesterone levels in blind-anosmic female rats

Experientia. 1978 Oct 15;34(10):1378-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01981486.

Authors

G M Vaughan, R J Reiter, T M Siler-Khodr, J W Sackman, J P Allen, M K Vaughan, W L McGuire, L Y Johnson, P Starr

PMID: 738436
DOI: 10.1007/BF01981486

Abstract

Previous studies show that the suppression of gonadal function in blind-anosmic rats is dependent on the pineal gland. The present results demonstrate that in young female rats both the pineal gland and dual sensory deprivation have additional independent antigonadal effects.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Blindness / blood*
Body Weight
Estrogens / blood*
Female
Olfaction Disorders / blood*
Pineal Gland / physiology*
Progesterone / blood*
Rats

Substances

Estrogens
Progesterone