Effects of Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve on the Ultrastructure of the Rabbit Parathyroid Gland*

HIDEO ISONO; SHIZUKO SHOUMURA; NORIKO ISHIZAKI; SHOICHI EMURA; KAZUKO HAYASHI; YUJI IWASAKI; YUZO KITAMURA

doi:10.2535/ofaj1936.58.4-6_453

HIDEO ISONO, SHIZUKO SHOUMURA, NORIKO ISHIZAKI, SHOICHI EMURA, KAZUKO HAYASHI, YUJI IWASAKI, YUZO KITAMURA

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Keywords: Ultrastructure, Parathyroid Gland, Rabbit, Electrical Stimulation, Vagus Nerve

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1982 Volume 58 Issue 4-6 Pages 453-465

DOI https://doi.org/10.2535/ofaj1936.58.4-6_453

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Abstract

Ultrastructural changes of the parathyroid gland treated with electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve were examined. Many chief cells in the parathyroid gland after stimulation by the vagus nerve contained a decreased number of secretory granules in the peripheral cytoplasm and an increased number of poorlydeveloped Golgi complexes, heterogeneously dense bodies and lipid droplets compared to the control parathyroid gland.
These alterations suggest that cellular activity is suppressed in many chief cells of the parathyroid gland after stimulation by the vagus nerve.

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