Induction of Ovulation in Immature Hypophysectomized Rats

Abstract
Immature rats given minute doses of highly purified pituitary gonadotropins (follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone) 7 to 100 days after hypophysectomy ovulated and formed corpora lutea. Neither hormone alone was effective. Luteinizing hormone repaired in part the atrophied theca interna and interstitial tissue, and follicle-stimulating hormone stimulated the development of the granulosa cells.