title: Less severe ovarian atrophy in hypophysectomized hemiovariectomized rats than in hypophysectomized animals with two ovaries.
abstract: The effect of unilateral ovariectomy (OVX) on the weight of the remaining ovary was studied in hypophysectomized (HYPOX) rats. 2 weeks following hypophysectomy + unilateral OVX the weight loss of the ovary is significantly less than that in HYPOX rats having two ovaries. Present data together with previous findings suggest that a neural pathway between the ovaries and the CNS may be involved in the mechanism of compensatory ovarian hypertrophy following removal of one ovary.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D009929:Organ Size; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats