STRUCTURE OF THYMUS DURING EARLY POSTNATAL ONTOGENESIS UNDER ETHANOL INFLUENCE AND CORRECTION WITH THYMULIN

Abstract

The latest scientific data on the development of the thymus and changes due to the effects of ethanol and correction by thymalin in the early postnatal period were studied and presented. The experimental data took at the same intervals. The obtained data significantly expand and supplement the available ideas on the structure of the thymus of rats developed under normal conditions and after prenatal and postnatal ethanol intoxication, as well as with immunoregulation with thymalin. They show that correction with thymalin in prenatal and postnatal ethanol influence has a positive effect, and the morphological parameters of the thymus are approaching the norm. The degree of expression of this effect depends on the duration of application of thymalin. This article reflects for the first time the dynamics of changes in the morphometric parameters of the thymus, as well as the rate of growth of each of them. These data prove the immunomodulating effect of thymalin with simultaneous exposure to ethanol.