| Abstract: | The structural organization of adrenal cortex has been studied in intact rats and after short-term hypoxia exposure on different altitudes (2, 6, 8, 11 km). Previously rats have been divided into 3 groups by adrenaline test for determining of vegetative reactivity type. It has been found that some histochemical and morphometric indices of adrenal cortex had peculiarities with respect to type of vegetative reactivity (width of zones, their ratio, nuclear diameter, ascorbic acid content and its distribution and other) in intact rats. Under altitude these differences form individual character of steroidogenesis and determine resistance and reactivity of organism. |
