POSSIBLE PRIMING EFFECT OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE ON THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND IN THE JAPANESE QUAIL AND THE STIMULATION OF SECRETION OF FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

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D. T. DAVIES
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SUMMARY

After the i.m. injection of 10 μg synthetic LH releasing hormone (LH-RH) into Japanese quail the levels of LH and FSH in plasma rose significantly within 2 min. The increased level of LH declined rapidly but that of FSH was maintained for the duration of the experiment. To determine whether the anterior pituitary gland is primed by LH-RH a double injection schedule was adopted. It would appear that, while endogenous LH-RH may prime the avian pituitary gland slightly, synthetic LH-RH is ineffective.

 

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