EFFECT OF NEONATAL GONADECTOMY ON LYMPHOCYTES POPULATION AND BLAST FORMATION IN AGED RATS

Authors
IKARASHI I TAUCHI K YUKAWA M
Citation
I. Ikarashi et al., EFFECT OF NEONATAL GONADECTOMY ON LYMPHOCYTES POPULATION AND BLAST FORMATION IN AGED RATS, Journal of veterinary medical science, 55(6), 1993, pp. 1077-1079
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of veterinary medical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09167250
Volume
55
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1077 - 1079
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-7250(1993)55:6<1077:EONGOL>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In male rats gonadectomized at birth, the blast formation reaction of lymphocytes was significantly lower at 114 weeks of age, than that of non-gonadectomized controls, whereas the lymphocyte subpopulation was similar. The thymus of neonatally castrated rats of age 114 weeks was histologically normal, decreasing in weight to 68% of that of non-cast rated rats.