[Effect of piracetam on rat reproductive function and the sexual development of their progeny].

Administration of piracetam to infantile rats in a daily dose of 100 mg/kg for 10 days caused acceleration of sexual maturation of females and a slight delay of maturation of males. Antenatal administration of the same dose of piracetam exerted a depressive action on the development of the organs of the reproductive system in males from the offspring with a simultaneous increase in the pituitary gonadotropic activity.