title: Quantitative ultrastructural study of somatotropic cells in malnourished weanling rats.
abstract: A quantitative ultrastructural study of somatotropic cells was carried out in 21-day-old malnourished rats after maternal food restriction during the nursing period. Changes represented mainly by a reduced cytoplasmic mass and diminished secretory material were found. A decrease in growth hormone secretion of malnourished weanling rats is suggested.
authors: Instituto de Embriología, Biología e Histología, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Gómez Dumm
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Pucciarelli
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Dressino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007774:Lactation; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone