THE EFFECTS OF INJECTING ANTERIOR HYPOPHYSIAL FLUID ON THE PRODUCTION OF PLACENTOMATA IN RATS

1 December 1926

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 79 (1) , 184-187
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1926.79.1.184

Abstract

Placentomata can not be produced in rats during the normal 4-day estrous cycle. The daily injection of a neutralized alkaline extract of the anterior lobe of bovine pituitary makes possible the production of placentomata if the ovaries are present, but fails if the latter are removed.