title: [Karyometry of thymic reticular cells in the rat. Effect of hydrocortisone  and adrenalectomy].
abstract: A new process in taxinomic analysis clearly confirmed the presence of three different types of cells (epithelial, hypertrophic and mesenchymal) in the reticular zone of the thymus. The injection of hydrocortisol as well as adrenalectomy induced specific changes in nuclear surfaces of three cell types, while hydrocortisol tented to increase the surface of epithelial and mesenchymal cells, adrenalectomy reduced it, while a modification was seen in the percentages relative of the cell types. In adrenalectomized animals, the effect result was counteracted by injections of hydrocortisol.
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007620:Karyometry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone
vernacular_title: Caryométrie des cellules réticulaires thymiques chez le rat. Influence de l'hydrocortisol et de la surrénalectomie.