Neuere Ergebnisse über die Pharmakologie von Samenleiter, Samenblase und Prostata in vitro von normalen, kastrierten und mit Sexualhormonen behandelten Ratten

Hormonal regulation of rat seminal vesicle sensitivity to adrenaline, noradrenaline, acetylcholine and acetyl‐β‐methylcholine

“…He concluded that the seminal vesicles have both sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation. Later, the behaviour of genitals of male rats (Wilcke, 1937;Martins & Valle, 1939;Martins, Valle & Porto, 1939a;Valle & Picarelli, 1954), cats (Martins & Valle, 1940), rhesus monkeys (Martins, Valle & Porto, 1939b), rabbits (Porto, 1943), guinea-pigs (Valle & Porto, 1939), and dogs (Valle & Porto, 1947), and the responses of these organs to various drugs, were shown to be dependent on the hormonal state of the donor animals. In general, the seminal vesicle, the vas deferens, and the prostate of the castrated rat contracted spontaneously and rhythmically; organs from normal or testosterone-treated castrates were quiescent.…”