Date of Award
8-1983
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Department
Biology
College
College of Science and Engineering
First Advisor
David Mork
Second Advisor
Alfred Grewe
Third Advisor
Vincent Johnson
Fourth Advisor
Edward Weiskopf
Keywords and Subject Headings
Prenatal exposure to pentobarbital on plasma testosterone levels
Abstract
Sodium pentobarbital or saline (control) was administered to pregnant rats at 17-21 days of gestation.
Male offspring at either 21 or 120 days were sacrificed by cervical dislocation and blood was collected. The serum was separated for testosterone determination by radioimmunoassay (RIA).
Data from RIA were statistically analyzed by student's t-test yielding a 99.99% confidence level. Therefore pentobarbital permanently decreases the plasma testosterone level by 0.5 ng/ml in pubertal and adult male rats.
Recommended Citation
Schumacher, Jane Marie, "The Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Pentobarbital on Plasma Testosterone Levels in Pubertal and Adult Male Rats" (1983). Culminating Projects in Biology. 86.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/biol_etds/86
