Progesterone induced diminished incorporation of exogenous14C-amino acids in diapausing mouse blastocysts

Summary Under identical in vitro labeling conditions, significantly lower amounts of radioactivity were found a) in proteins of early diapausing blastocysts (days 7–9 p.c.) vs normal, late blastocysts (day 5 p.c.) and b) in proteins of days 19–23 p.c. diapausing blastocysts from ovariectomized mothers treated with progesterone vs similar embryos from untreated mothers. Thus, progesterone, which maintains the viability of embryos during prolonged diapause, causes diminished utilization of exogenous amino acids for protein synthesis in these embryos.Acknowledgment. This study was supported, in part, by NICHD grant HD-06234.     

Ventral motor neuron alterations in rat spinal cord after chronic exercise

Summary The observed differences in the soma and nuclear diameters reflect chronic changes specific to each exercise regimen used.This study was supported by National Institute of Health Grant HD 03918, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.Acknowledgments. Gratitude is expressed to Barbara Wheaton for her technical assistance in the processing of tissues and R. E. Carrow for making his laboratory facilities available for this study.