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Effects of blinding and pinealectomy on diurnal variations in plasma testosterone

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L'enlèvement des yeux et de la glande pinéale dans les rats adultes a perturbé les variations cliniques des testostérones de la circulation. L'aveuglement fit diminuer les différences diurnales des niveaux de testostérones qui furent abolis en 12 semaines. Toutefois, les effets de la pinéalectomie furent transitoires puisqu'une fluctuation diurnale significative fut parfois rétablie dans les testostérones. Ceci suggère que la glande pinéale n'est pas totalement responsable des effects d'information photique.

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, K1N-6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    G. A. Kinson & Chung-Ching Liu

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This work was supported by the J. P. Bickell Foundation, Toronto.

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Kinson, G.A., Liu, CC. Effects of blinding and pinealectomy on diurnal variations in plasma testosterone. Experientia 29, 1415–1416 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922850

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