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Pineal and Photoperiodic Influences on Fat Deposition, Pelage, and Testicular Activity in Male Meadow Voles

Laura Smale

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

John Dark

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Irving Zucker

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Pinealectomy completely prevented gonadal regression as well as reduction in body weight and white adipose tissue content of the gonadal and retroperitoneal fat deposits in male meadow voles transferred from long to short day lengths. Pineal influences on pelage characteristics depended on which parameter was assessed. For instance, the increase in guard hair length observed in short-day control voles was blocked by pinealectomy; however, a similar increase in underhair length was unaffected by removal of the pineal gland. Photo period-dependent changes in fat deposition, testicular activity, and guard hair length presum ably rely on altered pineal secretory activity to transduce the effects of day length on the neuroendocrine axis; however, mechanisms independent of pineal activity may be capable of mediating photoperiodic control of underhair growth.

Journal of Biological Rhythms, Vol. 3, No. 4, 349-355 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/074873048800300404
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