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Isolation, Fixation, and Immunofluorescence Imaging of Mouse Adrenal Glands
Published on: October 2, 2018
[Corticoid secretion and patho-histological changes in the adrenal glands in hypertension]
Abstract:
Hydrocortisone, 11-hydroxycorticosteroids and aldosterone were measured in 74 patients with a history of surgery on the sympathoadrenal system for stable essential hypertension. Morphologic structure of the sympathetic ganglia of the celiac plexus and adrenals removed during surgery was under study. The studies have revealed a relationship between pathohistologic changes in operation material and adrenocortical functional activity. The authors suggest a possibility of a relationship between morphofunctional changes in the adrenals and sympathetic ganglia, and enhanced nervous system efferent effects with the progress of the disease.
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