Endocrine Abstracts

The effect of gonadectomy and gonadal hormone replacement on the adrenal cortex activity was studied in the adult male sand rat Psammomys obesus, a diurnal gerbillid rodent living in Beni-Abbes area, in the Algerian Sahara desert (30°7 N, 2°10 W). Animals freshly captured were orchiectomized during the breeding season and some animals received testosterone oenanthate (75 μg per 40 μl olive’s oil) twice a day during 7 days, 3 weeks after gonadect...