1 From the Cardiovascular Department, Medical Research Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill.
Estrogens tend to lower the blood pressure of cockerels. Estrogen-treated cockerels and estrogen-secreting hens are immune to the chronic pressor effects of desoxycorticosterone acetate (DCA) and cortisone.
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Estrogen Inhibition of Corticoid Hypertension in Chickens
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