Vol. 28 (5) 2007 Neuro endocrinology letters

Effect of pinealectomy on homocysteine levels in ovariectomized rats.

OBJECTIVE: Hyperhomocysteinemia plays a role in obstetric and gynecological diseases and such diseases are seen as a consequence of an impaired methionine cycle. In the present study, it was aimed to determine the effect of estradiol and progesterone on homocysteine levels in pinealectomized and ovariectomized rats.

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