Orcadian rhythmicity of the structural morphometric model of rat endocrine pancreas has been studied in 24 Wistar female rats, four months old, kept in LD 12:12. The following parameters were evaluated: the volume fractions of nucleus and cytoplasm of exocrine cells, the size distribution and number in unit tissue volume of acinar cell nuclei, the mean nuclear diameter, the shape coefficient of glandular acini (that is the ratio acinar area/perimeter2 which indicates the shifting of structures from circularity). A statistically significant circadian rhythm was demonstrated for the shape coefficient of glandular acini. Results obtained in the present experiment are compared with data recorded in a previous study.
Circadian Rhythmicity in the Rat Exocrine Pancreas : Chronomorphological Patterns / C. Sforza, M. Morini, C. Dolci, L. Vizzotto, F. Carandente. - In: CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0742-0528. - 7:5/6(1990), pp. 377-382.
Circadian Rhythmicity in the Rat Exocrine Pancreas : Chronomorphological Patterns
C. SforzaPrimo
;M. MoriniSecondo
;C. Dolci;L. VizzottoPenultimo
;F. CarandenteUltimo
1990
Abstract
Orcadian rhythmicity of the structural morphometric model of rat endocrine pancreas has been studied in 24 Wistar female rats, four months old, kept in LD 12:12. The following parameters were evaluated: the volume fractions of nucleus and cytoplasm of exocrine cells, the size distribution and number in unit tissue volume of acinar cell nuclei, the mean nuclear diameter, the shape coefficient of glandular acini (that is the ratio acinar area/perimeter2 which indicates the shifting of structures from circularity). A statistically significant circadian rhythm was demonstrated for the shape coefficient of glandular acini. Results obtained in the present experiment are compared with data recorded in a previous study.
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