Journal article

Publication year: 1999

Pages: 7-9

Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Pharmacology, toxicology and endocrinology

Volume number: 124

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0742-8413

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00038-9

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Unilateral injection of 10 mg of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) into the lateral portion of the growing pedicle of fallow bucks (n = 20) led to a significant (P = 0.033, Wilcoxon matched-pairs test) increase in first antler volume (median, 25.5 ml) as compared to the contralateral (control) side, injected with vehicle only (median, 21.5 mi). It is hypothesized that the RA treatment of the developing pedicle exercised a direct or indirect effect on the periosteal/perichondrial cells covering the growing cranial appendage, resulting in an increased proliferation rate of the cells of the antler perichondrium. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Kierdorf, U. and Bartos, L. (1999) Treatment of the growing pedicle with retinoic acid increased the size of first antlers in fallow deer (Dama dama L.), Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Pharmacology, toxicology and endocrinology, 124(1), pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00038-9

APA Citation style: Kierdorf, U., & Bartos, L. (1999). Treatment of the growing pedicle with retinoic acid increased the size of first antlers in fallow deer (Dama dama L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Pharmacology, toxicology and endocrinology. 124(1), 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00038-9