Effect of adrenalectomy on corticosterone maintenance of pregnancy in dietary protein deprivation: influence on hypophysial and serum prolactin

MeSH terms

• Adrenalectomy*
• Animals
• Biological Assay
• Caseins / therapeutic use
• Columbidae
• Corpus Luteum / physiology
• Corticosterone / therapeutic use*
• Dietary Proteins
• Female
• Organ Size
• Ovary / physiology
• Pituitary Gland / analysis
• Pituitary Gland / anatomy & histology
• Pituitary Gland / metabolism*
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications / prevention & control*
• Prolactin / analysis
• Prolactin / blood*
• Prolactin / metabolism
• Protein Deficiency / physiopathology*
• Radioimmunoassay
• Rats
• Time Factors