250 



SUBJECT INDEX 



Ovulation in women: criteria, 195 



— cycle, factors, 213 



length of, 228 



luteal phase, 207 



prolongation of, 21 1 



— failure, 222 



— indices, 228 



— induction of, 192-194, 198, 204-206, 



210 



— inhibition of, 222, 223, 225, 243 



— mechanism, 193, 208, 222 



— mid-cycle, 217 



— multiple, 21 1 



— oligo-ovulation, 222 



Ovulation inducing hormone (OIH) (see 

 also Hormones) 



— effect of, in animals, misc., 19, 32, 62, 



122 

 in hens, 144, 154, 155, 159, 



161 

 in rats, 19, 105, 107, 109, 



220 



— occurrence of, 19 



— release of, in hens, 138-147, 149-155, 



157-159, 161 

 effect of light on, in rats and rabbits, 



146 

 pharmacological agents on, in 



hens, 146 



in rats and rabbits, 145 



interruption, in hens, 151 



— release, in rabbits, 84 



— release-mechanism, in hens, 153, 154, 



157, 158, 161 



stimulus, in hens, 152, 159 



-suppression, in hens, 147, 158 



— secretion of, in rabbits, 79, 80 

 Ovum, atresia, 25 



— degeneration, 25, 26, 170, 214 



— fertility of, of rats, 31, 33 



— fertilization of, in rats, 25, 31, 54 

 in ruminants, 165, 167, 169, 171, 



172 

 in women, 207 



— implants, in ruminants, 164, 168 



— maturation of, 24-26, 30, 33, 35, 50, 54 

 in women, 192, 213 



— meiosis, 26, 30, 33, 36, 54 



— recovery of, 31, 168, 171, 191 



— release of, in animals, misc., 50, 56, 123 

 in hens, 125, 129, 132 



inrats, 2, 4, 9-11, 15, 19, 105 



in ruminants, 168, 169 



— survival of, 31, 171 



— transplants, 31-33 



— transport of, in rats, 190 

 in ruminants, 168, 170, 172 



Oxytocin (see also Hormones) 



— effect of, 67, 98, 99, 1 18, 1 19, 124 



— secretion of, 118 



Pituitary {see also Glands) 



— activation of, general, 63 



in hens, 146, 147, 154 



in rabbits, 82, 87, 89, 95, 98 



— activity of, 66, 68, 98, 143, 149, 



209 



— development of, 57 



effect of, in hens, 142, 143 



— extracts, infusions, effect of, 68, 69, 71, 



119,210,219 



— function of, 66, 67, 143, 144, 152 



— general systemic circulation, 65 



— hypophyseal portal circulation, 65 



— implants, 187 



— nerve-supply of, 65 



— removal of, 147, 149 



— secretion, effect in ruminants, 166, 



179 

 effect of, 56, 58 



— stalk, hypophyseal portal vessels, 59, 61, 



63, 66, 67-69, 79, 179 



stimulation of, 65 



transplantation, effect of, 65, 119, 



123 

 Pituitary hormones (see also Hormones) 



— effect of, in monkeys, 2, 19, 49, 51, 



52 



in rabbits, 80, 84, 95, 189 



in rats, 2, 13, 14, 49, 51 



in ruminants, 168, 173 



— release, 67, 80, 82, 95, 98, 100, 122, 123, 



167,209 

 Polydypsia, in hens, 151 

 Posterior lobe hormone (see also Hormones) 



— effect of, 19 

 Pregnanediol, assay, clinical, 195 



— excretion of, 196, 198-205, 207, 211, 



228, 229 



— levels, 202 



Pregnant Mare Serum (PMS) (see also 

 Hormones, Gonadotropins) 



— effect of, in hens, 128, 158 

 in rabbits, 84 



in rats, 25, 27-29, 33, 52, 190 



in ruminants, 163, 165, 166-174, 185, 



186 



in women, 192, 219 



Pregnenolone, effect of, 50 

 Progestagen, effect of, in hens, 1 55 



— occurrence of, in hens, 156 

 Progesterone (see also Steroids) 



— assay, 53, 155, 156 



