A study of the morphological structure of the thyroid was made at the acute (1, 3, 6 hours) and remote periods (1, 4, 24, 48 weeks) following the external gamma-irradiation at doses of 0.25-5.0 Gy using histologic and electron microscopic methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA study of the morphological structure and functional activity of the rat thyroid gland was carried out after 22 months following a single exposure to external radiation. The 3-month-old animals were irradiated with doses of 0.25, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn new-born piglets' thyroid gland culture, thyrocytes were capable of synthesising thyroxine and triiodothyronine for over 12 days. A 48-hour decline of the medium pH to 6.45 did not affect further functional activity of the cells.
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