GONADAL-HORMONES ORGANIZE AND MODULATE THE CIRCADIAN SYSTEM OF THE RAT
GONADAL-HORMONES ORGANIZE AND MODULATE THE CIRCADIAN SYSTEM OF THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpregu.1981.241.1.r62
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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ALBERS, HE
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ALBERS, HE
The circadian wheel-running rhythms of gonadectomized adult male, female and perinatally androgenized female rats, maintained in constant darkness, were examined before and after implantation of Silastic capsules containing cholesterol (C) or estradiol-17.beta. (E). The free-running period of the activity rhythm (.tau.) before capsule implantation tended to the shorter in animals exposed to perinatal androgen. Administration of C did not reliably alter .tau. in any group. E significantly shortened .tau. in 100% of females injected with sesame oil on day 3 of life. In females, injected with 3.5 .mu.g testosterone propionate on day 3, and males, E shortened or lengthened .tau., with the direction and magnitude of this change in .tau. inversely related to the length of the individual''s pretreatment .tau.. The presence of perinatal androgen does not eliminate the sensitivity of the circadian system of the rat to estrogen, since estrogen alters .tau. in a manner that depends on its pretreatment length.