[The role of the gonads in the maturation of corticotropic function in rats].
The rates of pituitary and adrenals growth, in male and female Rats, are reversed at puberty. It seems that the stress induced plasma corticosterone increase is inhibited by testis before puberty and stimulated by ovarian after puberty.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000097:blood; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000254:growth & development; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000254:growth & development; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000254:growth & development*; D051381:Rats; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Rôle des gonades dans la maturation de la fonction corticotrope chez le rat