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Influence of adrenalectomy on the development of the neonatal thymus in the rat
1Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Azabu University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Biology of the Neonate
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Adrenalectomy of 1-, 6-, 11- and 16-day-old male and female rats did not cause any changes in the weight of thymus 5 days later. Adrenalectomy on days 21, 26, 31 and 81 of age induced a significant hypertrophy of the thymus 5 days later. These results indicate that after about the time of weaning, the thymus is under some inhibitory regulation by the adrenal gland.
