title: Further researches about retinal damages and dietary protein imbalance in growing rats.
abstract: Following previous trials about hypo- and hyper-protein diets and their negative effects on some ocular structures when administered in selected stages of rats' growth, Authors have presented a comparative study of retinal alterations between light (LM) and electron (EM) microscopic analysis. LM showed a vacuolar degeneration of retinal optic fiber and ganglion cell layers where EM, performed at the same time, showed damages of the nervous tissue consisting of microtubule diminution, optic fiber molding and glial cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Strutture Biologiche, Il Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Federico II, Università degli studi di Napoli, Italia.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bonavolontà
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terracciano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vecchione
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012106:Research; D012160:Retina / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology