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Less severe ovarian atrophy in hypophysectomized hemiovariectomized rats than in hypophysectomized animals with two
Neuroendocrinology
|January 1, 1979
Abstract:
The effect of unilateral ovariectomy (OVX) on the weight of the remaining ovary was studied in hypophysectomized (HYPOX) rats. 2 weeks following hypophysectomy + unilateral OVX the weight loss of the ovary is significantly less than that in HYPOX rats having two ovaries. Present data together with previous findings suggest that a neural pathway between the ovaries and the CNS may be involved in the mechanism of compensatory ovarian hypertrophy following removal of one ovary.