ea0020p16 | Adrenal | ECE2009
Aknoun Nawel
, Zatra Yamina
, Khammar Farida
, Amirat Zaina
In the Saharan gerbil Meriones libycus, live trapped in the south west of Algeria, castration, carried out during the breeding season (Winter–Spring), induced, 50 days later, important modifications in adrenal gland activity. The adrenal weight and cortex volume increased by 11.7% and 25.0% respectively, with hypertrophy of reticularis zona (+57%, P<0.001) and hypotrophy of fasciculata zona (−13.4%, P<0.001) while glomerulosa exhibited o...