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The ovarian adrenergic innervation of rats and guinea pigs was studied using a fluorescent technique. In both species, catecholamine‐containing nerves entered the ovary via hilar perivascular plexuses and extended into adjacent medullary and cortical tissue. The interstitial gland of the rat ovary was well innervated; however, cortical components of the ovary in this species, including corpora lutea and developing and mature follicles, were sparsely innervated. The interstitial gland and theca folliculi of developing and mature guinea pig follicles contained a dense network of beaded preterminal nerves. It is suggested that ovarian adrenergic nerves facilitate ovulation, either directly by stimulating perifollicular smooth muscle to contract or indirectly by influencing the steroid output of the interstitial gland.
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Hubert W. Burden (1972) studied this question.
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