Table 3 Means ± s.e.m. of testosterone serum concentration in rats submitted to bilateral perforation of the peritoneum (PPB), castration (CAS) or adrenalectomy (ADXB) on Diestrus 1, Diestrus 2 or Proestrus performed at 13.00 h, and animals submitted to the same treatments which were injected with ATR at 12.00 Animals were sacrificed at 14.00 h.

PPB

8

8.6 ± 2.9

9

26.0 ± 6.5

9

206 ± 16.1

ATR+PPB

7

57.6 ± 9.1*

8

362.1 ± 53.7*

9

69.9 ± 15.8*

CAS

4

13.8 ± 5.3

4

5.0 ± 2.6

7

14.3 ± 2.9

ATR+CAS

8

30.3 ± 5.3*

8

19.9 ± 5.8*

10

<2.0*

ADX B

6

14.1 ± 4.4

7

33.9 ± 8.9

10

227.9 ± 19.3

ATR+ADX B

6

35.7 ± 8.9*

8

26.5 ± 5.0

7

80.8 ± 14.5*