[Morphofunctional characteristics of the thyroid gland under conditions of decreased adrenergic mediation].

Histophysiology of follicular thyreocytes of the thyroid gland of mice (line Bal) was studied under depressed function of the sympathetic nerve system (antibodies were introduced to the growth factor of the nerves). The data of electron microscopic analysis, quantitative cytochemical investigation and biochemical estimation of iodine binding with blood plasma proteins, demonstrated changes during secretory process in the follicular thyreocytes and in functional intensity of the whole gland. Stimulating effect of the sympathetic nervous system on the releasing process of the thyroid hormones is suggested.