SUBJECT INDEX 



1581 



Progesterone (cont.) 

 detection in blood, 582 

 functions in birds, 1120 1121 

 in l)lood 



of fowl, 1094, 1277 

 of hypophysectomizcd jjiKcons, 1093 

 maintenance of dcciduonias in rat, 531 

 mechanism of action, (idO-ddl 

 placental secretion, 9G8, 972-973, lOOG, 1008 

 plasma binding, 475-476 

 rate of production, 474-475 



pi-oblems of measurement, 474-470 

 secretion 



bv adrenal cortex, 583, 973 

 l)y follicle, 271, 467, 519, 648 



in fowl, 1278 

 by testis in pigeon, 1102, 1106 

 cyclic fluctuations in monkey, 534, 558-559 

 j)resence of embryo and, 861 

 ring dove, nesting material and, 1281 

 turnover time, 475 

 Progesterone-estrogen 

 and estrus in ewe, 1189 

 and vaginal changes in sheep, 1189 

 Progesterone-A -4-3 - ketopregnene -20 -a -ol inter- 

 conversions, DPN, and, 647 

 Progesterone-pregnene-20-a-ol system and hy- 

 drogen transfer, 661 

 Progesterone-relaxin and pelvic relaxation in 



mouse, 1010 

 Progne sybis 



incubation patch, 1288 

 nest, 1270 



nest-building, temporal relation 

 to copulation, 1271 

 to egg-laying, 1273 

 Prolactin (see also Hypophyseal prolactin. Lac- 

 togen, Luteotrophin) 

 and body temperature of roosters, 1347 

 and broodiness in birds, 254 

 and comb-size in fowl, 1101 

 and crop-sac development, 1289 

 and feathering in fowl, 1102 

 and galactopoiesis, 205, 610, 612 

 and hypophyseal basophils in t)irds, 1102 

 and incubation 

 behavior, 1289-1291 



responsiveness of laying compared with 

 non-laving hens, 1291 

 bv male fowl, 1102, 1303 

 patch, 1102 

 and inhibition of follicle-stimulating hormone 



secretion in ring dove, 1345 

 and lactogenesis, 606-607, 1327-1328, 1330 

 and ovarian follicular growth in birds, 1128 

 and mammarv growth in adult, 601-604 

 and molting, '1102, 1121, 1290 

 and parental behavior 

 in birds, 1299-1300 

 in male fowl, 1303 

 and pregnancy in rat, 1005, 1006, 1329 

 and responsiveness of male accessory sex glands 



to testosterone, 433-434 

 and retrieving behavior, 1316, 1317, 1339 

 and steatogenesis in birds, 1102 

 and testis 



birds compared with mammals, 1102 

 in birds, 1101-1102, 1144 

 and tissue responsiveness to testosterone, 433- 



434 

 antigonad effects, 1291 

 assay of, 1152-1153, 1289 



Prolactin {cont.) 



calorigenic action in birds, 254 

 cellular origin, 175, 176, 178-180 

 concentration during incubation, 1101 

 effects on ring doves, 1345 

 hypophyseal content 



laying compared with incubating fowl, 1289 

 male compared with female fowl, 1289 

 levels 



during lactation, 205, 981-982 

 during pregnancy in man, 981-982 

 luteotrophic action, 460, 530-531 

 secretion 



during incubation, 1128 1129, 1293 1294, 1297 

 oxytocin and, 272, 628-630, 1329-1330 

 parturition and, 1325-1326 

 pigeon, strain differences, 1354 

 rat, selective breeding and, 1355 

 suckling and, 1326-1327, 1329 

 species specificitv, 254 

 Pn.pylc, 1051 1255" 



Prostaglandin in male accessorv sex glands, 390 

 Protandry, 1064 

 Prostate' 



acid phosphatase secretion, 390 391 



androgen and, 402, 411-412 

 adrenal androgens and, 423-424 

 alkaline phosphatase secretion, 391 

 androgen 



and development, 123 

 and respiration, 659 

 benign hypertroi)hy in man 

 androgen and, 429-430 

 estrogen and, 429-430 

 site of, 372 

 composition of secretion, 379 

 differentiation 



castration and, in ral)l)it, 116, 124-125 

 critical period 

 in opossum, 123 

 in rabbit, 118, 125 

 in rat, 125 

 estradiol and, in opossum, 124 

 sex dimorphism in response to testosterone, 

 123 

 dog, secretory activity, age of animal and, 379 

 dorsal 



androgen and, 406 



cell structure ami secretory activity, 417-419 

 cvtologv 

 '('led roil iiiicroscopv, 405-406 

 liislocliciiiical, l(l(i, II 1 412 

 light iiiicr(iscc)])y, 105 106, 411-412 

 zinc content, 405 406 

 embryonic develo]>ment in man, 373 

 embi'yonic origin, 122, 367 

 estradiol and O2 consumption, 659-660 

 estrogen and, 379-380, 426-429 

 estrogen-androgen effects, 379-380, 426-429 

 female, 367, 374-376 

 activation 



during lactation, 375, 425 

 dtiiiiig incgiiaiicv, 375, 425 

 adrenal androgens and, 423 

 androgens and, relative potency, 421 

 genetic basis, 376 

 incidence, strain differences, 375 

 occurrence in mammalian species, 368 

 ovarian androgen and, 374 

 rat 



homology with male prostate, 374-375, 425 

 postnatal development, 375 



