title: Morphology of the cerebellum in the progeny of female rats exposed to long-term emotional stress before pregnancy.
abstract: The structure of the cerebellum was studied in 40-day-old progeny of female rats exposed to 3-week emotional stress and mated with intact males after 10 days and in controls (progeny of intact females). The cerebellum in the experimental group was smaller, the nucleus and cytoplasm of Purkinje cells were smaller, the concentration of RNA in their cytoplasm and increased, the percentage of dark Purkinje cells increased, and the concentration of lipids in the molecular cortical layer and white matter decreased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology, Far-Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk.
authors.forename: B Ya
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ryzhavskii
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Vasil'eva
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Sokolova
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D013315:Stress, Psychological