"Castration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal or artificial destruction of gonads.
| Descriptor ID |
D002369
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.270.282 E04.950.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Castration- Castration
- Castrations
- Gonadectomy
- Gonadectomies
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Castration" by people in Profiles.
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Mediation by gonadal steroids of plasma beta-endorphin and LH in castrated female and male rats. Peptides. 1985 Sep-Oct; 6(5):835-9.
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Decreased ability of old male rats to secrete luteinizing hormone (LH) is not due to alterations in pituitary LH-releasing hormone receptors. Endocrinology. 1984 May; 114(5):1657-64.
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Immunoreactive beta-endorphin in the plasma, pituitary and hypothalamus of young female rats on the day of estrus and intact and chronically castrated old constant estrous female rats. Life Sci. 1983 Sep 05; 33(10):993-9.
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Effects of ovariectomy and steroid replacement on hypothalamic LHRH content in aging female rats. Neurobiol Aging. 1983; 4(1):53-7.
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Maintenance by L-DOPA treatment of estrous cycles and LH response to estrogen in aging female rats. Exp Aging Res. 1980 Dec; 6(6):547-54.
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[New data on the regulation of the number of corpora lutea after hemicastration. Research in the premature rat]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1960; 154:1314-6.
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[Fluctuations of prehypophysial thyrotropic potency & thyroid activity in the intact or castrated male rat; research on the relation between secretion & excretion]. Arch Anat Microsc Morphol Exp. 1958 Apr-Jun; 47(2):183-204.
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[Thyroid activity and thyrotropic activity of the anterior pituitary in rat; comparison in intact and castrated animals]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1957; 151(12):2193-6.
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[Cyclic variations of the thyrotropic power of the anterior pituitary in male castrated rats; comparative study of intact and castrated animals]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1956 Nov 18; 150(6):1242-5.
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[Differences in the thyrotropic activity of the anterior pituitary in the intact and castrated rat]. Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 1956 Oct; 17(5):649-54.