Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of estradiol ± different progestogens on body weight in ovariectomised mature female hooded-Lister rats.35 rats were ovariectomised under anaesthesia; following a recovery period animals were divided into 2 groups namely: (1) intermittent hormone dosing weeks 1–6 and 13–18, with no treatment weeks 7–12 and (2) delayed (no treatment in weeks 1–12) hormone treatment dosing weeks 13&...