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Effect of pinealectomy on daily rhythm of blood glucose in rabbits
Murlidhar1, V Katira, C S Rameshbabu
1Department of Anatomy, L.L.R.M. Medical College, Meerut, India.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Daily rhythm of blood glucose was studied in superior cervical ganglionectomized (SCGX), sham operated and normal rabbits. A typical daily rhythm was observed in normal animals which was not influenced by surgical procedures. However, ganglionectomy, which tantamount to physiological elimination of pineal gland, caused complete reversal of this rhythm. Probable role of pineal gland in controlling blood glucose daily rhythm is suggested.