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6978662 
Journal Article 
Changes in the glycogen and water content of the rat uterus 
Boettiger, EG 
1946 
Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology
ISSN: 1097-4652 
27 
1 
9-14 
English 
21021854 
BCI:BCI19462000010074 
Glycogen is deposited in the uterus of the normal rat during each estrous cycle. The deposition is under the control of estrogen and reaches a maximum level in proestrus. Throughout early estrus, glycogen returns again to its diestrus level. Progresterone has no effect on uterine glycogen in the rat deprived of its ovaries. Glycogen does not increase during pseudopregnancy. Estrogen stimulates both water and glycogen deposition in the uterus of the ovariectomized rat. Water drops rapidly to its diestrus value in the presence of estrogen and in the absence of the ovary. Glycogen, however, remains high as long as estrogen is present. 
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