[Influence of an injection of chorionic hormone (HCG) on the accumulation of testicular fluid following ligature of the vas deferens in adult Wistar rats].
Using the weight gain of the testis after efferent duct ligation, we have measured the testis fluid secretion. A single injection of HCG to Rats before, at the time or after the ligation leads to three types of effects: no effect which can be explained by the metabolisation of the hormone: a positive and/or a negative one. If the stimulating action of HCG remains unexplained, it must be related with ether anaesthesia. It seems likely that the decrease of testicular fluid secretion may represent the fundamental action of HCG upon the exocrine function of the testis, but the mecanism by which this action occurs remains to be solved.
D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000502:physiology*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
Influence d'une injection d'hormone chorionique (HCG) sur l'accumulation du fluide testiculaire après ligature du vas efferens chez le rat Wistar adulte.