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The action of cortisone on the ovaries of the loach

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Injection of cortisone to loaches (Misgurnus fossilis) caused maturation of oocytes without ovulation. The same could be observed in in vitro experiments. With the administration of cortisone and subliminal doses of purified luteinizing hormone the ovulation and oviposition of mature ova occurred 12 to 18 hours earlier than in the instances of large doses of luteinizing hormone without cortisone.

Evidently a certain glucocorticoid, similar to cortisone, takes part in the physiological mechanism causing the fish to change into conditions of spawning. It acts directly on the ovaries and is a synergyst of the luteinizing hormone.

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  1. Department of Normal Physiology of the Chernovtsy Medical Institute, Chernovtsy, Ukraine

    Ya. D. Kirshenblat

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Kirshenblat, Y.D. The action of cortisone on the ovaries of the loach. Bull Exp Biol Med 47, 503–507 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00779636

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