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Comparison of the weight and glycogen losses in the levator ani and cremaster muscles of the rat after castration and denervation show that (1) denervation atrophy is greater in the levator ani than in the cremaster, (2) denervation atrophy is greater than castration atrophy in the levator ani, (3) the loss of glycogen in both muscles after denervation is greater than after castration. Growth of the denervated cremaster continues in the young animal. Testosterone and cortisone can induce glycogen deposition in some denervated skeletal muscles; the effect of the nerves on this response is quantitative rather than conditioning.
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