Histological changes in the thyroid gland in rats on acclimatisation to stimulated high altitude

✍ Scribed by Ernest Gradwell

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 452 KB
• Volume: 125
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-3417
• DOI: 10.1002/path.1711250106

✦ Synopsis

Histological examination of thyroid glands from rats exposed to simulated high altitude has shown an increase in the amount of colloid and a decrease in the amount of epithelium when compared with the thyroid glands from rats kept at sea-level atmospheric pressure. These changes suggest a reduced thyroid activity in animals exposed to simulated high altitude.