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As the thyroid gland becomes functionally impaired with age, we examined whether supplementary doses of G or D would affect morphology and function of pituitary\u2013thyroid axis in middle-aged male rats. Sixteen-month-old orchidectomized Wistar rats were treated with 10 mg\/kg of either G or D, while the control sham-operated and orchidectomized group received just the vehicle for three weeks. The animals were fed soy-free diet with increased iodine content, and killed 24 h after the last treatment. Their pituitaries and thyroids were excised and prepared for further immunohistochemical and morphometric investigation. The concentrations of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), total T\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    and T\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    , in the serum were determined. In both isoflavone-treated groups, pituitary TSH-immunopositive cells had increased cellular volume and relative volume density ( P &lt; 0.05), as well as increased serum TSH levels ( P &lt; 0.05) in comparison to the controls; their thyroid tissue was characterized by increased volume of thyroglobulin-immunopositive epithelium ( P &lt; 0.05), epithelial height and index of activation rate ( P &lt; 0.05), while the volume of luminal colloid, and total serum T\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    and T\n                    <jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>\n                    levels decreased ( P &lt; 0.05) in comparison to the controls. In conclusion, this study provides the first direct evidence that both G and D can induce microfollicular changes in the thyroid tissue and reduce the level of thyroid hormones in Orx middle-aged male rats, a model of andropause. This reduction consequently led to a feedback stimulation of pituitary TSH cells. 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