Sexual Dimorphism of Mouse Submaxillary Glands and Its Relationship to Nerve Growth Stimulating Protein
| Autor: | Peddrick Weis, Isaac Schenkein, Elmer D. Bueker |
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| Rok vydání: | 1965 |
| Předmět: |
Nervous system
medicine.medical_specialty Histology Physiology Submandibular Gland Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Tissue Culture Techniques Mice Tissue culture Pregnancy Ganglia Spinal Lactation Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Growth Substances Ganglia Autonomic Pharmacology Research Proteins medicine.disease Submandibular gland Androgen secretion Sexual dimorphism Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Androgens Pregnancy Animal Female Ganglia Sex |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Biology and Medicine. 118:204-207 |
| ISSN: | 1535-3699 1535-3702 |
| DOI: | 10.3181/00379727-118-29798 |
| Popis: | SummaryA protein obtained from the mouse submaxillary gland, which enhances the growth of sympathetic and spinal ganglia and their processes, is 4-30 times more concentrated in the male than in the female sub-maxillary gland, an organ which shows a sexual dimorphism in histological appearance and in several physiological differences. The masculinization of the gland which occurs during pregnancy and lactation, as a result of increased androgen secretion during that time, has been shown to be correlated to a logarithmic increase in concentration of nerve growth protein, to the point where it may equal that of the male. It is suggested that this increase may serve the function of aiding the development of parts of the nervous system of the suckling mouse. |
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