Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1940 · 17 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineEndocrinologyVeterinary PhysiologyLactationReproductive EndocrinologyReproductive PhysiologyGrowth HormoneHormonal Regulation Of ReproductionLactation EndocrinologyMammary Gland AnatomyMammary Gland DevelopmentMammary Gland InvolutionEndocrine Regulation Of LactationMammary Gland Hormonal RegulationMammary Glands
The proper dose of estrone in oil rubbed into the skin over the rudimentary mammary glands of young male rabbits caused growth only of those glands, and not of the control glands treated with oil. Such evidence supports the view that estrogenic substances are directly mammary-stimulating.