Morphological changes in the sex glands of aged and orchidectomized hamsters.
Authors deals with a comparative study of the microscopical changes, principally of the sex glands, found in old intact and in old orchidectomized hamsters. They could see that in the Sertoli cells of the testis, and in the epithelial cells of the seminal vesicle and coagulating gland of the aged intact hamsters, a few lipofuscin granules were present. After orchidectomy the amount of lipofuscin granules increased, showing that their age related changes can be increased by orchidectomy.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D002369:Castration; D006224:Cricetinae; D004822:Epididymis / Q000473:pathology; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000473:pathology; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology
D008062:Lipofuscin