Can neonatal beta-adrenergic stimulation prevent the effects of androgenization in female rats? 1985

M J Vidal, and E Aguilar

A 25 micrograms dose of testosterone propionate injected at 4 days of age induced 90% anovulation at 100 days of age. The systemic administration of orciprenaline (8 or 16 micrograms) or yohimbine (100 micrograms) did not prevent androgenization. Twenty-five or fifty micrograms of orciprenaline injected intraventricularly reduced only partially (to 54 and 67% respectively) the effectiveness of androgenization. We concluded that beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation had a very limited ability to prevent androgenization, since the beta-stimulation obtained directly with orciprenaline prevented androgenization to a very limited extent, while the possible indirect stimulation through an increase in norepinephrine endogenous release by alpha-2 receptor blocker yohimbine was ineffective.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009921 Metaproterenol A beta-2 adrenergic agonist used in the treatment of ASTHMA and BRONCHIAL SPASM. Orciprenaline,Alotec,Alupent,Astmopent,Metaprel,Metaproterenol Polistirex,Metaproterenol Sulfate,Orciprenaline Sulfate,Polistirex, Metaproterenol
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D010053 Ovary The reproductive organ (GONADS) in female animals. In vertebrates, the ovary contains two functional parts: the OVARIAN FOLLICLE for the production of female germ cells (OOGENESIS); and the endocrine cells (GRANULOSA CELLS; THECA CELLS; and LUTEAL CELLS) for the production of ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE. Ovaries
D010060 Ovulation The discharge of an OVUM from a rupturing follicle in the OVARY. Ovulations
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D012098 Reproduction The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed) Human Reproductive Index,Human Reproductive Indexes,Reproductive Period,Human Reproductive Indices,Index, Human Reproductive,Indexes, Human Reproductive,Indices, Human Reproductive,Period, Reproductive,Periods, Reproductive,Reproductive Index, Human,Reproductive Indices, Human,Reproductive Periods
D004971 Estrus The period in the ESTROUS CYCLE associated with maximum sexual receptivity and fertility in non-primate female mammals.
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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