SUBJECT INDEX 



249 



Optic gland (see also Glands) 



— enlargement of, 59 



— lesions, effect of, 57 

 Ovaries, activation of, 104, 130 



— atresia, in monkeys, 214 



— atrophy of, 56, 61, 65, 81, 125, 178 



— avian, 124 



development of, 133 



— development of, 57, 58 



— enlargement of, in animals, 58, 188 

 polycystic, in women, 188, 192, 195, 



197, 198, 200, 204, 206, 208, 216, 218 



— function of, 134, 193 



— hypoplastic, in women, 198 



— implants in, in rats, 50 



— insufficiency (hypoplasia), 222 



— ovum content in, 213 



— regression of, 151, 170 



— removal of, in ruminants, 171 



— rupture points, 71 



— stimulation of, 207 



— superovulation, in rats, 30, 192 



— transplants, 24-28, 30, 33, 56, 79 

 regression of, 26 



relation to iris and cornea, 26 



vascularization of, 25, 26, 33, 56, 



66 



viability of, 26 



Oviducts, regression of, in hens, 151 

 Ovulation, general: blocking agents, 84, 



98-100, 102, 104, 107-111, 113, 124, 



130 



— cycle, diestrous, 102, 104-106, 109-111, 



115, 116 



effect of environment, 59-61, 98, 



109 



effect of operations, 60, 61 



cycle, effect of pharmaceutical com- 

 pounds, 87, 115, 116, 119 



induction of, 118 



proestrous, 102-107, 111, 115, 



116 



— effects of hormones on, 79 

 pre-optic region, 101, 109 



— induction of, 81 



— non-spontaneous, 63 



— reflex, 79 



— spontaneous, 25, 63 

 Ovulation in hens: accelerators, 124 



— blocking agents, 146 



— cycle, 134, 137-139, 152, 154 



induction of, 177 



mechanism, 156 



threshold response, 153, 154 



— frequency, 134, 135, 137-139, 153 



— induction of, 128-133, 139, 140, 143, 



145, 148, 149, 151, 157 



Ovulation in hens: inhibition, 145, 146, 185 



— inhibitors, 142, 159 



— interruption of, 147, 148, 151, 158 



— lag, 134-139, 152-155, 158-160 



— lapse, 141-143, 145, 147, 152-154, 157, 



159 



effect of barbiturates, 146 



effect of photoperiod, 144, 145, 154, 



155, 157, 158, 160, 161 



— mechanism, 122, 124, 128, 129, 132, 



134 



— multiple, 130, 186 



— premature, 141, 145, 146 



— resumption of, 143, 144, 151 



— sequence, 134-143, 153, 154, 157- 



159 



— stimulation, 140, 152, 159 



— super-, 130 



— suppression of, 147, 148 

 Ovulation in monkeys: control, 242 



— mechanism, 213, 217 



Ovulation in rabbits: control, 37, 

 48 



— induction of, 81, 82 101 



— "reflex", 101 



— spontaneous, 70, 71, 90 



— super-, 185 



Ovulation in rats: control of, 37, 113, 115, 

 117 



— inhibitors, 1 13 



— mechanism, 215 



— spontaneous, 71, 101, 104, 105, 113, 



121 



— super-, 2, 5, 25, 190 



Ovulation in ruminants: "asynchronous", 

 160 



— blocking agents, 167 



— cycle, control of, 163 



effect of lesions, 1 77 



effect of photoperiod, 1 64 



effect of transplants, 119 



follicular phase, 164 



induction of, 1 66 



length, 164, 168, 171-174 



luteal phase, 164, 167, 168, 



175 



— interference, 166 



— mid-cycle, 168, 169 



— multiple, 99, 164-166, 168, 169, 171, 172, 



173, 175 



— rate of, 166, 167, 169-171, 173- 



175 



— "shock", 168, 169 



— "synchronous", 165 



Ovulation in women: anovulation, 218, 222, 

 223 



— control of, 214 



