Increase in mean number of somatotrophs per anterior pituitary gland from 5 to 11 weeks in male
| Value | 78 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Chicken Gallus gallus |
| Reference | Malamed S, Deaver D, Perez F, Radecki S, Gibney J, Scanes CG. Quantitative studies of chicken somatotrophs during growth and development by morphometry, immunocytochemistry, and flow cytometry. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1997 Oct108(1):25-34 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6934 abstractPubMed ID9378271 |
| Method | Abstract: "Changes in the male chicken somatotroph during growth and maturation have been examined by morphometric and immunocytochemical (ICC) analysis of serial sections of the anterior pituitary gland and by flow cytometry of dispersed anterior pituitary cells." |
| Comments | Abstract: "At a given age somatotrophs are of equal size at all positions along the cephalocaudal axis of the anterior pituitary gland. However, there are age-related changes: from 5 to 11 weeks rises occur in both the mean total somatotroph volume per gland (64%) and the mean number of somatotrophs (78%), while the mean volume of the single somatotroph is unchanged." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 115295 |