The effect of anterior cervical ganglionectomy on the seasonal variation in prolactin concentration in goats.
Bilateral anterior cervical sympathetic ganglionectomy in castrated male goats had no effect upon the subsequent seasonal variation in the concentration of prolactin (Prl) in plasma when surgery was performed in summer. After ganglionectomy in winter, however, the subsequent rise in Prl concentration associated with season was accelerated.
D000818:Animals; D002369:Castration; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000502:physiology; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000294:innervation*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood*; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors
D011388:Prolactin