Moderate physical training attenuates the effects of perinatal undernutrition on the morphometry of the splenic lymphoid follicles in endotoxemic adult rats.

Background/aims: Physical training is a well-known inducer of positive physiological adaptations. The effects of moderate physical training on the morphometry of splenic lymphoid follicles of endotoxemic rats submitted to a perinatal low-protein (LP) diet were evaluated.

Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups according to their mother's diet (17% casein, control, C) and, undernourished (8% casein, LP diet).