Quantitative histologic studies of the gonads of sand rats (Psammomys obesus) during the development of diabetes mellitus
Albrecht, G.; Hahn von Dorsche, H.
Anatomischer Anzeiger 173(2): 101-105
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-2786 PMID: 1772129 Document Number: 381338
Quantitative-histological investigations (point counting method) are pointed out in 27 male and 15 female sand rats. The animals are divided in the IGT (impaired glucose tolerance), the diabetic and the control group. The LEYDIG cells are in the IGT-group increased, and in the diabetic group decreased. The female sand rats are characterized by the tendency of increase of size and number of follicles in the IGT-group. Corpora lutea are reduced but atretic follicles are increased in the diabetic group. The ovaries are greater in diabetic sand rats.