THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUPRARENAL GLAND ON THE THYMUS III. STIMULATION OF THE GROWTH OF THE THYMUS GLAND FOLLOWING DOUBLE SUPRARENALECTOMY IN YOUNG RATS.

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Article| December 01 1924

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUPRARENAL GLAND ON THE THYMUS : III. STIMULATION OF THE GROWTH OF THE THYMUS GLAND FOLLOWING DOUBLE SUPRARENALECTOMY IN YOUNG RATS.

Henry L. Jaffe

From the Laboratory Division of the Montefiore Hospital, New York.

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Henry L. Jaffe

From the Laboratory Division of the Montefiore Hospital, New York.

Received: July 22 1924

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1924, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1924

J Exp Med (1924) 40 (6): 753–759.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.40.6.753

1. Double suprarenalectomy in growing rats is an additional stimulus for thymic growth and brings about marked prepubertal hyperplasia of this gland.

2. Our results on young rats suggest that the suprarenal cortex may be a factor in the excessive thymic hyperplasias seen in infants and children.

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Copyright, 1924, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1924

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