[Autoradiographic determination of adrenal gland proliferation in SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rats)]

The histological pictures of the adrenal cortex of spontaneously hypertensive rats were investigated with autoradiographic and morphometric methods. No differences, between the tritiated thymidine index of SHR and controls were detected in the 3 cortex zones. In contrast to the normal fasciculated zone a decreased number of cells per area was shown in the zona fasciculata with hypertension depended findings.