title: Role of the pineal gland in the activity of nervous structures involved in sexual processes of the male rat.
abstract: 1. The role of the pineal gland and melatonin in the regulation of the sexual processes of the male rat has been studied by means of the O2-uptake of brain areas that are involved in these processes, i.e. the hypothalamus, amygdala, septal area and posterior cortex. 2. Inhibition of the O2-uptake of the above mentioned nervous structures was observed in the blinded and/or melatonin-treated rats or castrated + blinded rats. 3. The testes also showed a decreased O2-uptake when the rats were blinded and/or melatonin-treated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009919:Orchiectomy; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D012098:Reproduction; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008550:Melatonin