Influence of pinealectomy on serum estrogen and progesterone levels in blind-anosmic female rats.
Previous studies show that the suppression of gonadal function in blind-anosmic rats is dependent on the pineal gland. The present results demonstrate that in young female rats both the pineal gland and dual sensory deprivation have additional independent antigonadal effects.
D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000097:blood*; D001835:Body Weight; D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats
D004967:Estrogens; D011374:Progesterone