{"title":"[Role of the infundibular complex and its neural afferents in the photosexual reflex in the quail].","authors":"J Oliver, S Herbuté, J D Baylé","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The photosexual reflex was suppressed in quail after bilateral preoptic lesions. However an anterior-lateral de-afferentation of the hypothalamus of previously preoptic-lesioned quail resulted in partial photo-induced testis growth. As a working hypothesis, it is suggested that the preoptic area may control some unknown extrahypothalamic influences in order to modulate the gonadotropin controlling function of the infundibular area.</p>","PeriodicalId":10544,"journal":{"name":"Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences. Serie D: Sciences naturelles","volume":"287 8","pages":"825-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1978-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences. Serie D: Sciences naturelles","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The photosexual reflex was suppressed in quail after bilateral preoptic lesions. However an anterior-lateral de-afferentation of the hypothalamus of previously preoptic-lesioned quail resulted in partial photo-induced testis growth. As a working hypothesis, it is suggested that the preoptic area may control some unknown extrahypothalamic influences in order to modulate the gonadotropin controlling function of the infundibular area.