Decreased plasma testosterone and total thyroxine in desalivated male rats.
Plasma testosterone and total thyroxine were decreased by 50 and 35%, respectively, in submandibular gland extirpated or parotid duct ligated rats treated 27 days earlier. Sixty-two days after surgery, testosterone and total thyroxine were decreased by 20 and 40%, respectively. These changes occurred in the absence of evidence of nutritional impairment or signs of stress, such as adrenal enlargement or thymic involution.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002369:Castration; D004435:Eating; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood*
D013739:Testosterone; D013974:Thyroxine