Pubertal neurocranium growth in thymectomized rats.
Differences in neurocranium growth at puberty were studied in rats of both sexes thymectomized and sham-thymectomized at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 days of age and in controls of matched age and sex; skull length, width and height, and skull base length and face length were measured. The neurocranium of the thymectomized rats was significantly smaller than that of the sham-thymectomized and control rats of both sexes and in all age-groups.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000502:physiology*