Precocious Puberty in Rats Induced by Hypothalamic Lesions: a Comparison of Platinum and Stainless Steel Electrodes

Overview

Journal Experientia

Specialty Science

Date 1976 May 15

PMID 1278327

Authors

K B Ruf

E V Younglai

J H Kitchen

M Vuillet

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Abstract

Precocious sexual maturation was induced in immature female rats by 2 types of unilateral hypothalamic lesions. Stainless steel electrodes produced smaller tissue defects but proved more efficient than platinum electrodes.

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