1975
DOI: 10.1159/000122352
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Effects of Pinealectomy and Constant Light on the Estrous Cycles of Female Rats

Abstract: Adult Charles River female rats were pinealectomized, sham-operated or left intact, and half of each group was placed in 12L:12D while the other half was exposed to constant light (LL). Daily vaginal smears permitted the calculation, at weekly intervals, of the percent of rats in each group in LL showing 5 or more consecutive days of vaginal cornification. After 11 weeks in LL, those rats were returned to LD for 6 weeks and then put back into LL until the termination of the experiment 3 weeks later. Pinealecto… Show more

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“…Instead, pineal removal or prolonged light ex posure disrupts estrous cycle regularity, and also disturbs the normal pattern of LH secretion during its preovulatory surge. Typically, surgical pinealectomy increases the inci dence of vaginal estrus and extends cycle length in rats previously showing regular estrous cycles [5,11,14] while exposure to constant illumination, which constitutes a 'functional pinealectomy' [14], attenuates the LH surge, de lays its onset and causes estrous cycles to cease in rats [4,10,18]. On the other hand, pineal transplants or melatonin in jections reverse these pinealectomy effects [5,11], Based upon these findings we felt that the effect of me latonin to block the LH surge in rats might not represent, necessarily, a negative influence upon cyclic reproductive function.…”
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“…Instead, pineal removal or prolonged light ex posure disrupts estrous cycle regularity, and also disturbs the normal pattern of LH secretion during its preovulatory surge. Typically, surgical pinealectomy increases the inci dence of vaginal estrus and extends cycle length in rats previously showing regular estrous cycles [5,11,14] while exposure to constant illumination, which constitutes a 'functional pinealectomy' [14], attenuates the LH surge, de lays its onset and causes estrous cycles to cease in rats [4,10,18]. On the other hand, pineal transplants or melatonin in jections reverse these pinealectomy effects [5,11], Based upon these findings we felt that the effect of me latonin to block the LH surge in rats might not represent, necessarily, a negative influence upon cyclic reproductive function.…”
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“…On the other hand, periods of constant light capable of influencing the hypothalamic-hypophyseal axis, as shown by the appearance of constant vaginal cornification (Lawton and Schwartz, 1967), do not affect LH (Hoffman and Cullin, 1975) and estrogen (Naftolin et al, 1972) levels in plasma. These data suggest that the alterations in prolactin levels according to the length of constant light period could be an index to evaluate the hypothalamic dysfunction, as has been postulated for androgenized rats in constant estrous (Mallampati and John son, 1974).…”
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“…Em estudos experimentais com ratas e hamster, a retirada da pineal (redução dos níveis de melatonina), leva à abertura vaginal precoce, hipertrofia ovariana e aumento da cornificação das células vaginais e anovulação crônica 20,30,31,32 . Esses efeitos podem ser revertidos após administração de melatonina.…”
Section: Função Da Melatonina No Sistema Genital Femininounclassified