Long‐term starvation in cave salamander effects on liver ultrastructure and energy reserve mobilization

@article{BizjakMali2013LongtermSI,
  title={Long‐term starvation in cave salamander effects on liver ultrastructure and energy reserve mobilization},
  author={Lilijana Bizjak Mali and Kristina Sep{\vc}i{\vc} and Boris Bulog},
  journal={Journal of Morphology},
  year={2013},
  volume={274}
}
The morphological alterations of hepatocytes of cave‐dwelling salamander Proteus anguinus anguinus after food deprivation periods of one and 18 months were investigated and the concentrations of glycogen, lipids, and proteins in the liver were determined. Quantitative analyses of the hepatocyte size, the lipid droplets, the number of mitochondria, and volume densities of M and P in the hepatocytes were completed. After one month of food deprivation, the cytological changes in the hepatocytes… 
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