Histological structure of adult mouse brain in protein-deficient nutrition [Gistologicheskaia struktura golovnogo mozga vzroslykh myshei pri malobelkovom pitanii.]

The effect of protein deficient nutrition on histostructure of different regions of brain of mature animals was studied in the experimental model of protein and energy deficiency. Protein deficient nutrition was shown to exert negative influence on structural and functional state of brain neurons which is manifested through increase of dystrophic changes in neurons of all brain regions, accumulation of lipofuscine in neurons and complex of structural changes in synaptic contacts.