Estrogenic Inhibition of Growth Hormone-Induced Tibial Epiphyseal Growth in Hypophysectomized Rats

Abstract
Previous studies by this group, and by other workers, have suggested that estrogen may antagonize certain peripheral effects of pituitary growth hormone in rats and humans. The present study demonstrates that the partial inhibitory effect of pharmacologic doses of estradiol valerate (3.3-10 [mu]g total dose) on growth hormone-induced widening of the tibial epiphyseal cartilage of hypophysectomized rats occurs independently of the effect of the estrogen on dietary intake in these rats.

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