[Glycogen and glucose metabolism in the eye tissues of rabbits during development]

The content of glycogen and glucose in tissues of the rabbit eye was shown to suffer marked changes during postnatal ontogenesis. The most pronounced changes occur during the first month of life (especially by the moment of appearance of sight). The activity of phosphorylase increased from birth till 6 months in all the eye tissues under study. The activity of glycogen synthetase decreased with the age, especially in the retina. The activity of hexose kinase increased in the retina almost 4 times and changed insignificantly in all other tissues during the period under study.