Corpora lutea have been found in the ovarian tissue transplanted into the anterior ocular chamber of castrated two-month-old male rats receiving on 3rd through 7th post-natal days alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine or p-chlorophenylalanine. Administration of these agents in combination with testosterone propionate to newborn female rats prevented essentially development of the anovulatory syndrome and maintained a normal picture of vaginal smears, ovarian and uterine structure as well as cyclic changes of adenohypophyseal and blood plasma lutropin contents and normal levels of estradiol and progesterone in the blood plasma except of progesterone level in animals receiving alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine. The preventive effect of the adrenoblocking agents droperidol and propranolol was weak and inconstant. Results suggest participation of catecholamines and serotonin in the androgen-dependent sexual differentiation of the brain in rats.
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