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Histological Changes produced by Castration and by Sex Hormones in the Adrenals of Normal and of Castrated Male Rats

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IN our previous publications1 we have shown that in male rats after castration the weight of the adrenals increases and that this 'castration hypertrophy' decreases or disappears after injections of androsterone, androstanediol, dehydroandrosterone, testosterone, testosterone propionate, androstenediol and androstenedione. In the present communication the results of histological examination of these adrenals are given.

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  1. Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, S.W.1.

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HALL, K., KORENCHEVSKY, V. Histological Changes produced by Castration and by Sex Hormones in the Adrenals of Normal and of Castrated Male Rats. Nature 140, 318 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140318a0

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