INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF RAT INTERSTITIAL TISSUE AFTER DENERYATION
Article published in Urologia Polska 1995/48/4.

authors

Bolesław Otulakowski

Z Katedry i Zakładu Anatomii Prawidłowej Akademii Medycznej im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu
Kierownik Katedry i Zakładu: Prof. dr hab. Witold Woźniak

summary

The investigations were performed in 25 inbred rats. The animals were divided into three groups.

In the first experimental group, denervation of the testis was achieved by excision of the branches of

testicular plexus, at a distance of about 5 mm along the testicular artery, as well as cutting of the

ilioinguinalis nad genitofemoralis nerves. In the second experimental group, the operation was per-

formed twice. After 30 days the animals were sacrificed by decapitation and the testes were stained

with haematoxylin-eosin according to Mallory, Mc Manus-Hotchkiss, Feulgen and Einarson. We

demonstrated that the intestitial cells are hyperplastic and their volume greatly increases. In the

connectice tissue around the canalicules, fibroblasts and fibrocytes profliferate and increase in num-

ber. After denervation the changes are more pronounced.

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