THE REACTION OF THE OVARIES AND ADRENAL GLANDS OF FEMALE RATS TO OVARIAN AND MUSCLE HOMOGRAFTS
- 1 October 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 7 (4) , 344-348
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0070344
Abstract
The ovaries and adrenal glands of an adult rat hypertrophy after either ovarian or muscle tissue is homografted into the animal. The ovarian weight/body weight and adrenal weight/body weight ratios become significantly higher than those of normal adult female rats derived from the same colony. Anaesthesia also appears to lead to a transitory increase in the weight of the adrenals. The possibility that the ovaries respond to certain non-specific conditions, in the same general way as do the adrenal glands, is discussed.Keywords
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