Morphological changes of the hypophysis-adrenal system (HAS) in albino rats with experimental gastric ulcers, under the influence of aeroionotherapy (AIT).
The authors followed up certain changes occurring at the level of the hypophysis-adrenal axis, during the development of experimental ulcers induced by pylorus ligature in rats treated with negative air ions. Previous experiments have shown that negative aeroionotherapy had a favourable influence on the prevention and evolution of gastric ulcers. The results of the present experiment showed that, under the influence of aeroionotherapy, the number of gastric ulcers/animal, and the relative weight of the adenohypophysis and of the adrenals glands decreased; the width of the fascicular zone of the adrenal cortex, and the volume of the cell nuclei in this fascicular zone also decreased.
Deleanu
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Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Bordas
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D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D000390:Air Ionization; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000473:pathology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors