Effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus and pituitary in female lambs. The histomorphometric study.
The effects of maternal deprivation on the somatotrophic axis and neuropeptide Y (NPY) neuronal system in the hypothalamus of female lambs were evaluated.Twelve-week-old lambs sophie allport zebra were divided into two groups: the control (lambs stayed with mothers) and maternally deprived (MD; lambs separated for 3 days from mothers).The expressio