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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1983; 82(5): 194-198
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210276
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Zonal Mitotic Response in the Adrenocortical Tissue of the Juvenile Female Duck to Sex Hormones

B. R. Maiti, Shilla Chatterji1) , Satish Kumar Gupta2)
  • Histophysiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology (Head: Prof. K. C. Ghose), University of Calcutta, Calcutta/India
1) Junior Research Fellow in the UGC Project (Grant No. F 23-632-SR II). 2) Teacher Fellow in the Special Assistance Programme of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi/India.
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1982

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17 July 2009 (online)

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Summary

The zonal response of the adrenocortical tissue to sex hormones was evaluated in the female duckling by mitotic (with colchicine) and histological studies. Estrogen (1 mg per bird daily for 10 days), progesterone (1 mg per bird daily for 10 days) or estrogen plus progesterone (0.75 mg plus 0.25 mg respectively per bird daily for 10 days) selectively inhibited mitosis in the central zone of the adrenocortical tissue. Histologically, estrogen or estrogen plus progesterone produced hypertrophy in the subcapsular zone, while progesterone caused atrophy in the central zone of the cortex.

It is suggested that both the sex hormones have zonal action mitotically as well as histologically in the adrenocortical tissue of the female duckling.

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