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- Publisher
- Bioscientifica
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1985 The Authors. All Rights Reserved.
- ISSN
- 0022-0795
- eISSN
- 1479-6805
- DOI
- 10.1677/joe.0.1060395
- Publisher site
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Abstract
ABSTRACTQuantitative evaluation of spermatogenesis at stage VII of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and radioimmunoassay of plasma testosterone were performed in adult Wistar rats after intraventricular injection of 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT). The rats were killed 2, 10 and 21 days after injection. Brain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and plasma testosterone levels were found to be significantly lower in all rats treated with 5,6-DHT. A significant reduction in step 7 spermatid count was also observed after 10 and 21 days. Supplementation with human chorionic gonadotrophin for 21 days in rats injected with 5,6-DHT partially prevented the step 7 spermatid degeneration and increased testosterone levels without producing any effect on brain concentrations of 5-HT. These results suggest that changes in testicular steroidogenesis and spermatogenesis are secondary to pituitary gonadotrophin release which, in turn, is under the influence of brain 5-HT neurones.J. Endocr. (1985) 106, 395–400
Journal
Journal of Endocrinology – Bioscientifica
Published: Sep 1, 1985