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Influence of the Œstrous Cycle and Ovariectomy on the Phospholipid Content of the Pineal Gland in the Rat

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AMONG the various roles attributed to the pineal gland in mammals the most important seems to be its influence on the function of the hypophysis and gonads. However, the results obtained by different investigators are contradictory1. In order to obtain some knowledge of the possible relationship between the pineal gland and the gonads, the histological and histochemical picture of the gland was examined during the œstrous cycle and following ovariectomy.

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ZWEENS, J. Influence of the Œstrous Cycle and Ovariectomy on the Phospholipid Content of the Pineal Gland in the Rat. Nature 197, 1114–1115 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971114a0

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