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Audiogenic Stimulation and Reproductive Function

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Physiological Effects of Noise

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F.H.A. Marshall in 1936 was the first to emphasize the dependence of the breeding season, in many species, on environmental or “exteroceptive” factors. He suggested that such factors exert their effects by nervous and reflex stimulation of the secretion of gonadotrophic hormones, primarily FSH from the anterior pituitary. The term “exteroceptive” was first used by Hartridge in the same year to describe “external local factors” affecting the pituitary.

This work was carried out in collaboration with the late B. Zondek in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Tamari, I. (1970). Audiogenic Stimulation and Reproductive Function. In: Welch, B.L., Welch, A.S. (eds) Physiological Effects of Noise. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8807-4_11

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