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Effect of Hypothalamic Deafferentations on Puberty in the Male Rat

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Very little information is presently available on the mechanisms which regulate the onset of puberty in male animals. The present paper will summarize the results recently obtained in our laboratory, which suggest that extrahypothalamic influences may play a major role in the control of such a phenomenon.

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  1. R. Collu (Fellow of the Medical Research Council of Canada)

    Present address: Hôpital Sainte-Justine, 3175 Côte Sainte-Cathérine, Montreal, Que., Canada

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    M. Motta, R. Collu (Fellow of the Medical Research Council of Canada) & L. Martini

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  1. University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary

    K. Lissák (Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Physiology) (Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor of Physiology)

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Motta, M., Collu, R., Martini, L. (1973). Effect of Hypothalamic Deafferentations on Puberty in the Male Rat. In: Lissák, K. (eds) Hormones and Brain Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2007-4_21

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