[Morphometric study of the postnatal development of the human adrenal cortex].
Under study was the developmental dynamics of a number of morphometrical parameters of the adrenal cortex of man. The number of glandular cells in the organ was found to considerably decrease at late developmental periods, the size of nuclei in them diminished. These factors are considered to be responsible for the drop of functional activity of the adrenal cortex in elderly and senile age. The increase of the cell size during the growing of the organism is thought to be an important factor of the growth of the adrenal cortex of man.
D000293:Adolescent; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000254:growth & development*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged
Morfometricheskoe issledovanie postnatal'nogo razvitiia kory nadpochechnikov cheloveka