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The influence of thyroid deficiency on the structure and epinephrin content of the adrenal gland of the albino rat (Mus norvegicus albinus)
Author(s) -
Sun Tson Pen
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1050480103
Subject(s) - thyroid , biology , adrenal cortex , medulla , endocrinology , medicine , adrenal gland , cortex (anatomy) , neuroscience
It was found that thyroid deficiency in the albino rat (Mus norvegicus albinus) is followed by a trend to increased concentration of epinephrin in the suprarenals. The basis of this lies in the relatively greater retrogression of the cortex as contrasted with the medulla which becomes a relatively greater proportion of the organ as a whole. Confirmatory evidence is found in cell counts per unit area and the part of the disappearance of lipoid from the cortical cells of the suprarenals of thyroidless animals.