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The effect of pinealectomy on serum progesterone and oestradiol levels during the last stage of pregnancy in rats

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Pinealectomy leads to significantly higher levels of progesterone (on days 19 and 20 of gestation) and oestradiol (on days 21 and 22) in the serum of pregnant rats. These results indicate that during the last phase of pregnancy the pineal gland may be modifying the levels of gonadal hormones, although not affecting the sequence of the physiological events.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Hebrew University, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, Jerusalem, Israel

    I. Nir & N. Hirschmann

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Acknowledgment. The authors wish to thank Miss Ute Schmidt for her invaluable technical assistance.

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Nir, I., Hirschmann, N. The effect of pinealectomy on serum progesterone and oestradiol levels during the last stage of pregnancy in rats. Experientia 36, 259–260 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953769

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