Abstract
Summary
A single electro-convulsive shock administered to 5 pregnant rats 12 hours after mating had no effect on the course of pregnancy. Of 5 rats shocked once daily for 6 days beginning 12 hours after copulation, on the eleventh day 2 showed some degranulation of pituitary acidophils, slight reduction in size of basophils, small or degenerating corpora lutea and degenerating retarded embryos in the uteri. All animals similarly shocked for 11 days, showed the same pituitary and ovarian changes, and, in addition, complete destruction of the fetuses with necrosis and sloughing of decidua into the uterine lumen.
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