A series of experiments on the adult albino rat were performed in order to research the morphological changes of the kidney caused by sex hormones administration.
I. Effect of male sex hormones on the structure of the kidney in intact rats.
Three kinds of androgens, testis extract, urin extract and synthetic androgen, were used on my experiments.
Experiments indicate that these hormones given during a period of 2 weeks cause enlargement of the kidney and increase of the kidney weight. Histologically such kidneys are characterized by hypertrophy of the epitherium of the convoluted tubules and hyperaemia of the kidney. Such kidney-stimulating actions of these hormones are remarkable in the synthetic androgen and very slight in the testis extract.
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