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The effects were analysed of section of the superior ovarian nerve on compensatory ovulation and ovarian hypertrophy, in adult rats with the left or right ovaries extirpated during the oestrous cycle and autopsied 6 or 20 days later. Rats with hemiovariectomy or hemiovariectomy plus denervation recovered their oestrous cyclicity between 2 and 3 days after surgery. Six days after hemiovariectomy 14 out of 17 rats ovulated on the expected day of oestrus. All the animals were hemiovariectomized on the day of pro-oestrus. The mean ± S.E.M. number of ova shed was similar to the group of animals with both ovaries (7·8 ± 1·2 vs 9·5 ± 0·2 Compensatory ovarian hypertrophy was observed in the right ovary when left hemiovariectomy was performed on day 2 of dioestrus or pro-oestrus; similar results were observed in the left ovary when the right one was extirpated at oestrus or pro-oestrus. Section of the right superior ovarian nerve in left-hemiovariectomized rats caused a reduction in ovulation rate and number of ova released. Compensatory ovarian hypertrophy was modified in the opposite way by unilateral section of the superior ovarian nerve to the in situ ovary depending on the day of the cycle when hemiovariectomy was performed. Twenty days after treatment, ovulation rate, compensatory ovulation and ovarian hypertrophy were similar in both left- or right-hemiovariectomized rats. Compensatory ovarian hypertrophy increased in all animals with section of the superior ovarian nerve, except when hemiovariectomy was carried out at oestrus or the left ovary was extirpated on day 1 of dioestrus. The results suggest that modulation of compensatory ovarian hypertrophy by neural information arriving at the ovary by way of the superior ovarian nerve varies during the oestrous cycle.

Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 140, 197–201

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