Circadian rhythmicity of the structural morphometric model of thyroid has been studied in 36 Wistar rats kept in LD 12:12. The parameters evaluated are: a. the volume fraction occupied by: 1. follicle epithelium, 2. colloid, 3. interstitium at 6 time points in 24h; b. the follicle size distribution; c. the number of follicles per unit tissue volume. The circadian rhythms of mean follicular diameter and of follicular cavity mean diameter have been demonstrated (p less than 0.03 and p less than 0.01 respectively) and show overlapping acrophases of -120 degrees (-64 degrees/-176 degrees) and -108 degrees (-99 degrees/-116 degrees). The synchronization between rhythms, shown for mean follicular diameter and for follicular cavity mean diameter, suggests a rhythmical pulsation of the whole follicle, while the thickness of the follicular epithelium does not undergo a statistically significant periodic variation.

A chronomorphological structural model of rat thyroid gland / L. Vizzotto, C. Sforza, V.F. Ferrario, M. Morini, P. Castellana, R. Bianchi, C. Dolci, F. Carandente. - In: CHRONOBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0390-0037. - 16:3(1989), pp. 207-214.

A chronomorphological structural model of rat thyroid gland

L. Vizzotto
Primo
;
C. Sforza
Secondo
;
V.F. Ferrario;P. Castellana;C. Dolci
Penultimo
;
F. Carandente
Ultimo
1989

Abstract

Circadian rhythmicity of the structural morphometric model of thyroid has been studied in 36 Wistar rats kept in LD 12:12. The parameters evaluated are: a. the volume fraction occupied by: 1. follicle epithelium, 2. colloid, 3. interstitium at 6 time points in 24h; b. the follicle size distribution; c. the number of follicles per unit tissue volume. The circadian rhythms of mean follicular diameter and of follicular cavity mean diameter have been demonstrated (p less than 0.03 and p less than 0.01 respectively) and show overlapping acrophases of -120 degrees (-64 degrees/-176 degrees) and -108 degrees (-99 degrees/-116 degrees). The synchronization between rhythms, shown for mean follicular diameter and for follicular cavity mean diameter, suggests a rhythmical pulsation of the whole follicle, while the thickness of the follicular epithelium does not undergo a statistically significant periodic variation.
Settore BIO/16 - Anatomia Umana
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia
1989
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