EFFECT OF ADMINISTRATION OF ADRENAL CORTICAL HORMONE PREPARATIONS ON FERTILITY, PREGNANCY AND LACTATION IN THE NORMAL RAT

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Adrenal cortical hormone (A. C. H.) given to normal sexually mature rats before mating has a marked tendency to increase the incidence of pregnancy and the number of fetuses. A.C.H. given to [female][female] throughout pregnancy when the diet has a normal Na and K content does not affect litter size or wt. The reduction in total litter wt. produced by reducing the Na and increasing the K content of the diet is prevented by A.C.H. administration. The lactation capacity of normal albino rats feeding 8 young is only slightly altered by A.C.H. administration, being increased only when the diet has a low Na content.

This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit: