ANTAGONISTIC ACTION OF OESTRADIOL AND TESTOSTERONE ON THE GROWTH OF HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED IMMATURE RATS
- 1 February 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 21 (2) , 177-184
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0210177
Abstract
Inhibition of the body growth of hypophysectomized immature female rats by 0.5 or 2.5 [mu]g of estradiol benzoate was partly prevented by the simultaneous administration of 40 [mu]g of testosterone propionate. Reduction of tail growth was completely inhibited but that of liver weight increase remained unaffected. Addition of testosterone caused a significant decrease in the death rate which was increased by estrogen treatment alone.Keywords
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