Effect of thiourea on calcitonin cells of the Indian grey mongoose Herpestes edwardsi (Geoffroy).
The thiourea treated mongooses display an increase in the number and size of the calcitonin cells. These cells sometimes are seen accompanied with desquamated epithelial cells within the colloid. The thyroid follicular cells also record an increase in their height.
D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002335:Carnivora / Q000502:physiology*; D002452:Cell Count; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D008988:Herpestidae / Q000502:physiology*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
D002116:Calcitonin; D013890:Thiourea