Histological, morphometric and histochemical changes in the submandibular gland of the rat under experimental protein-calorie malnutrition.
Submandibular salivary glands of rats, subjected to experimental protein-calorie malnutrition, were studied by histologic, morphometric and histochemical methods. Marked alterations were observed. Acinar atrophy, a severe decrease in the volumetric proportion of the granular duct, and a decrease in the protein content of the granular duct cells were all recorded. Neutral mucosubstances were reduced in both acinar and granular duct cells.
D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology*